10-letter words containing g, i, r, t
- outswinger — a ball that when bowled veers from leg side to off side.
- outworking — to work harder, better, or faster than.
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overbright — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- overeating — Gluttony, the act of eating to excess (either to discomfort or more than required for proper health).
- overflight — an air flight that passes over a specific area, country, or territory: Overflights of foreign aircraft are closely monitored.
- overmighty — too forceful
- overstring — Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
- overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
- overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
- parakiting — parasailing.
- pargetting — the act of a person who pargets.
- parrington — Vernon Louis, 1871–1929, U.S. literary historian and critic.
- partnering — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- party girl — a girl or woman who is interested in little else besides attending parties.
- patriating — to transfer (legislation) to the authority of an autonomous country from its previous mother country.
- patrolling — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
- patterning — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- permitting — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- persisting — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- perstringe — to allude to or imply
- pertaining — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- perturbing — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- petrifying — stunning or dazing with horror, fear, etc
- petrissage — a massage technique that uses firm pressure and works on specific muscles
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pictograph — pictogram
- pigmentary — of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.
- pigsticker — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pittsburgh — a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that forms the Ohio River: steel industry.
- plagiarist — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- playwright — a writer of plays; dramatist.
- portending — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
- portioning — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- practicing — actively working at a profession, especially medicine or law.
- practising — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- pragmatism — character or conduct that emphasizes practicality.
- pragmatist — a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person.
- pragmatize — to act or view matters pragmatically
- predicting — to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.
- preempting — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- pregenital — of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- presenting — to furnish or endow with a gift or the like, especially by formal act: to present someone with a gold watch.
- pretexting — the practice of deceiving individuals into surrendering personal information for fraudulent purposes