10-letter words containing g, s, a, p
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- oesophagus — (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- omophagous — the eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- opal glass — a translucent or opaque glass, usually of a milky white hue.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- operagoers — Plural form of operagoer.
- organ stop — a set of organ pipes allowed to sound as a group by stopping all others
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- paganistic — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- palm sugar — sugar from the sap of certain palm trees.
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- pangenesis — the theory that a reproductive cell contains gemmules or invisible germs that were derived from the individual cells from every part of the organism and that these gemmules are the bearers of hereditary attributes.
- parageusia — an abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste.
- paraglossa — the outer lobe of the lingua or labium of certain insects
- 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
- pasargadae — an ancient ruined city in S Iran, NE of Persepolis: an early capital of ancient Persia; tomb of Cyrus the Great.
- pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- pasigraphy — a system of writing intelligible to persons of all languages; a universal language
- passageway — a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or the like.
- pastry bag — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- peace sign — a sign representing “peace,” made by extending the forefinger and middle finger upward in a V -shape with the palm turned outward.
- pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
- pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
- 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.
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- petrissage — a massage technique that uses firm pressure and works on specific muscles
- phalangist — a member of a Lebanese Christian paramilitary organization founded in 1936 and originally based on similar ideas to the fascist Falange in Spain
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phosphagen — a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.
- 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 island — New Zealand
- pig's ears — either of two common edible North American fungi, Peziza badia and Discina perlata.
- pit sawing — a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.
- 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.
- plaguesome — vexatious or troublesome.
- plain-song — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plasmagene — a self-replicating genetic particle postulated to be in the cytoplasm of a cell, as in mitochondria.
- plasmogamy — the fusion of the protoplasts of cells.
- 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.
- plastogamy — the fusion of multiple cells without the fusion of their nuclei
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- plateglass — designating a kind of glass used for windows