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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
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