10-letter words containing g, p, u
- pelagius i — died a.d. 561, pope 556–561.
- pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
- pellet gun — a gun that fires imitation bullets, esp such a gun used as a toy
- pemphigous — of, relating to, or affected by pemphigus
- penguinery — a group, colony, or enclosure of penguins
- perigonium — the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perrysburg — a town in NW Ohio.
- perturbing — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- petersburg — a city in SE Virginia: besieged by Union forces 1864–65.
- phono plug — a type of coaxial connector, used esp in audio equipment
- pinguitude — fatness
- pittsburgh — a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that forms the Ohio River: steel industry.
- plaguesome — vexatious or troublesome.
- plateauing — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- ploughable — able to be ploughed
- ploughgate — a measurement of ploughable land
- ploughhead — the draught iron of a plough
- ploughland — land that is ploughed for growing crops
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- plug gauge — an accurately machined plug used for checking the diameter of a hole
- plugged in — closely connected; in touch with what is going on; informed; involved: He's one of the more plugged-in advisers at State House.
- plugged-in — closely connected; in touch with what is going on; informed; involved: He's one of the more plugged-in advisers at State House.
- plummeting — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
- plus sight — a backsight used in leveling.
- pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
- pnu-prolog — A parallel extension of NU-Prolog, implemented as a preproccessor.
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- polygenous — polygenetic
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polygynous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygyny.
- portuguese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Portugal, its inhabitants, or their language.
- pound sign — a symbol (£) for “pound” or “pounds” as a monetary unit of the United Kingdom.
- prayer rug — a small rug upon which a Muslim kneels and prostrates himself during his devotions.
- prefulgent — more radiant than others
- prejudging — a preliminary round of judging, as in a contest where a certain number or percentage of the entrants are eliminated before the final judging.
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- pressuring — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- presurgery — the art, practice, or work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities by manual or operative procedures.
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- prodigious — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- profulgent — radiant
- prologuize — to compose or deliver a prologue.
- promulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- protologue — the original description of a species, genus, etc.
- protruding — to project.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult