10-letter words containing l, a, g, e
- 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.
- page fault — (memory management) In a paged virtual memory system, an access to a page (block) of memory that is not currently mapped to physical memory. When a page fault occurs the operating system either fetches the page in from secondary storage (usually disk) if the access was legitimate or otherwise reports the access as illegal.
- palaeogaea — the Old World as a biological region
- palaeogene — of or formed in the Palaeocene, Eocene, and Oligocene epochs
- palaeology — the study of prehistory
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- palavering — a conference or discussion.
- palm grove — small forest of palm trees
- panel game — a game in which the teams consists of two or more opposing panels or groups of people who discuss or decide on the answers, etc together
- 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.
- patent log — any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship by means of a vaned rotor streamed at the end of a log line upon which it exerts a torsion transmitted to a registering device on board.
- pearl gray — a very pale bluish gray.
- pearl grey — a light bluish-grey colour
- pelagius i — died a.d. 561, pope 556–561.
- 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.
- phalangeal — of or relating to a phalanx.
- pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
- phlebogram — venogram.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- 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.
- pixelating — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiarize — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plaguesome — vexatious or troublesome.
- planet zog — a place or situation that is far removed from reality or what is currently happening
- plasmagene — a self-replicating genetic particle postulated to be in the cytoplasm of a cell, as in mitochondria.
- 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.
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- 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.
- plateglass — designating a kind of glass used for windows
- play agent — a broker representing a playwright in dealings with theater managers, producers, etc.
- play games — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- pleadingly — the act of a person who pleads.
- please god — You say please God to emphasize a strong hope, wish, or desire that you have.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pledgeable — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- plexiglass — a material very similar to Plexiglas