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10-letter words containing l, a, e, g, r

  • mingrelian — a South Caucasian language spoken near the extreme eastern end of the Black Sea.
  • multigrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
  • multirange — having several ranges
  • myelograms — Plural form of myelogram.
  • nephralgia — kidney pain.
  • neuroglial — Of or pertaining to the glial cells or neuroglia.
  • niggerball — (South Africa, dated) A large black sweet which changes colour (turns white) when sucked.
  • norlignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by removing carbon atoms from a ring or sidechain.
  • old stager — stager (def 1).
  • oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
  • orangevale — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
  • organelles — Cell Biology. a specialized part of a cell having some specific function; a cell organ.
  • outgeneral — to outdo or surpass in generalship.
  • overglance — to glance over
  • overlaying — to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
  • overslaugh — to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
  • palavering — a conference or discussion.
  • palm grove — small forest of palm trees
  • pantagruel — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • paper gold — special drawing rights.
  • 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.
  • pearl gray — a very pale bluish gray.
  • pearl grey — a light bluish-grey colour
  • pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
  • pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.
  • perigonial — of or pertaining to a perigon
  • permillage — a rate or proportion per thousand. Compare percentage (def 1).
  • persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
  • pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
  • phlebogram — venogram.
  • pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
  • pilgrimage — a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
  • plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
  • plagiarize — to take and use by plagiarism.
  • 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.
  • plunderage — act of plundering; pillage.
  • praxeology — the study of human conduct.
  • pregenital — of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
  • preglacial — prior to a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
  • 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.
  • prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
  • prelogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
  • prevailing — predominant: prevailing winds.
  • prize flag — a flag hoisted by a yacht upon learning that it has won a prize in a race.
  • profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
  • prolongate — to prolong.
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