10-letter words containing g, o, p, s
- prodigious — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- professing — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- proglottis — one of the segments or joints of a tapeworm, containing complete reproductive systems, usually both male and female.
- prognostic — of or relating to prognosis.
- progressed — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- progresses — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- propagates — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prospering — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
- protagoras — c480–c421 b.c, Greek Sophist philosopher.
- psephology — the study of elections.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- pseudogene — a genelike section of DNA that has no apparent function
- pseudology — lying considered as an art.
- psychogony — the development or origin of the soul or mind
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pupigerous — (of an insect) having a pupa
- push along — to go away
- pyatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pyogenesis — the generation of pus; the process of the formation of pus.
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- roma gypsy — a member of a people scattered throughout Europe and North America, who maintain a nomadic way of life in industrialized societies
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- scrapegood — a stingy person; a miser
- sea pigeon — the common black guillemot, Cepphus grylle.
- shop right — the right of an employer to use an employee's invention without compensating the employee for the use, in cases where the invention was made at the place of and during the hours of employment.
- sign-posts — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- signposted — A place or route that is signposted has signposts beside the road to show the way.
- siphonogam — a plant that is pollinated by siphonogamy
- slip a cog — (not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- smudge pot — a container for burning oil or other fuels to produce smudge, as for protecting fruit trees from frost.
- snapdragon — any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, especially A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon.
- snowplough — A snowplough is a vehicle which is used to push snow off roads or railway lines.
- soil group — one of a number of soil classes having the same kinds of horizons in the same sequence and under similar moisture and temperature regimes.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
- speleology — the exploration and study of caves.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spirograph — an instrument for recording respiratory movements.
- sponge bag — a small, usually waterproof, case for carrying toilet articles.