10-letter words containing g, r, i, s, a
- paragnosis — knowledge obtained by supernatural means
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- paraskiing — the sport of jumping off high mountains wearing skis and a light parachute composed of inflatable fabric tubes that form a semirigid wing
- pasigraphy — a system of writing intelligible to persons of all languages; a universal language
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- 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.
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
- pig's ears — either of two common edible North American fungi, Peziza badia and Discina perlata.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiarism — 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.
- 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.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- 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.
- praisingly — in a praising manner; with praise
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preleasing — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- purchasing — buying
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- pyatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- raised bog — a bog of convex shape produced by growth of sphagnum and other bog plants in acid conditions and the subsequent build up of acid peat
- rangership — the office or position of a ranger
- ransacking — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- rear sight — the sight nearest the breech of a firearm.
- reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- registrant — a person who registers or is registered.
- registrary — (at Cambridge University) a registrar
- registrate — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
- regularise — to make regular.
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- resonating — to resound.
- rightwards — Also, rightwards. toward or on the right.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows
- ring snake — grass snake (def 1).
- ringmaster — a person in charge of the performances in a circus ring.
- rosemaling — decorative work of Norwegian folk origin consisting of painted or carved floral designs, as on furniture or woodwork.
- sagamihara — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan, SW of Tokyo.
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- salzgitter — a city in Lower Saxony, in central Germany, SE of Hanover.
- sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sanderling — a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sanguinary — full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle.