10-letter words containing g, l, e, i, p
- high place — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- hip-length — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- impaneling — Present participle of impanel.
- imperiling — Present participle of imperil.
- impleading — to sue in a court of law.
- impugnable — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- keep vigil — If someone keeps a vigil or keeps vigil somewhere, they remain there quietly for a period of time, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest.
- kriegspiel — (sometimes initial capital letter) a game using small figures and counters that represent troops, ships, etc., played on a map or miniature battlefield, developed for teaching military tactics to officers.
- lagniappes — Plural form of lagniappe.
- laloplegia — paralysis of the speech organs in which the tongue is not affected.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- lexigraphy — (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- light pipe — optical fibre
- lighten up — be less serious
- lightplane — a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.
- lightspeed — The speed of light.
- lipreading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- logopedics — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- longprimer — in printing, a size of type intermediate between small pica and bourgeois
- megalopsia — macropsia.
- megapixels — Plural form of megapixel.
- mispelling — Misspelling of misspelling.
- monoplegia — paralysis of one extremity, muscle, or muscle area.
- negrophile — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nephralgia — kidney pain.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- palavering — a conference or discussion.
- paraglider — Also called parawing. a steerable glider with inflatable wings proposed for use as an emergency vehicle for travel between a space station and the earth or for the recovery of rocket boosters.
- paralogize — to draw conclusions that do not follow logically from a given set of assumptions.
- paraplegia — paralysis of both lower limbs due to spinal disease or injury.
- paraplegic — paralysis of both lower limbs due to spinal disease or injury.
- pedologist — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pelagius i — died a.d. 561, pope 556–561.
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- penologist — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pergelisol — permafrost.
- perigonial — of or pertaining to a perigon
- permillage — a rate or proportion per thousand. Compare percentage (def 1).
- perplexing — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- phlegmonic — relating to or having the characteristics of a phlegmon