10-letter words containing l, u, g, e
- numerology — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- ochlagogue — (rare) A manipulator of a mob who holds sway by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; an extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogue; one who practises ochlagogy.
- oleaginous — having the nature or qualities of oil.
- one-lunger — a one-cylinder internal-combustion engine.
- outgeneral — to outdo or surpass in generalship.
- outglitter — to glitter more than
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outselling — Present participle of outsell.
- overruling — the act or instance of ruling over 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- polygenous — polygenetic
- prefulgent — more radiant than others
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- 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.
- pseudology — lying considered as an art.
- pummelling — the action of striking repeatedly with or as with the fists
- puzzle jug — a drinking jug of the 17th and 18th centuries, so made as to challenge the drinker to drink without spilling or spraying the contents.
- quadrangle — a plane figure having four angles and four sides, as a square.
- quarreling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- queryingly — in a querying manner
- quiver leg — a round, tapered chair leg used in the Louis Quinze style and similar styles.
- re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- rebuilding — to repair, especially to dismantle and reassemble with new parts: to rebuild an old car.
- rebukingly — in a severe and disapproving manner
- refuelling — to supply again with fuel: to refuel an airplane.
- refulgence — shining brightly; radiant; gleaming: Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent setting for the ball.
- regularise — to make regular.
- regularity — usual; normal; customary: to put something in its regular place.
- regularize — to make regular.
- regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.