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10-letter words containing n, o, r, g

  • overlaying — to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
  • overlength — excessiveness of length
  • overmanage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
  • overriding — taking precedence over all other considerations.
  • overruling — the act or instance of ruling over another
  • overseeing — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
  • overstring — Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
  • overstrong — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
  • overstrung — overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung.
  • overtaking — passing the vehicle in front
  • oxygen bar — an establishment where customers go to inhale oxygen-rich air through a disposable hose inserted into their nostrils, for the purpose of deriving supposed therapeutic effects.
  • oxygenator — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
  • pantograph — Also, pantagraph. an instrument for the mechanical copying of plans, diagrams, etc., on any desired scale.
  • paragnosis — knowledge obtained by supernatural means
  • paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
  • paregmenon — the juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”.
  • parmigiano — cooked with Parmesan cheese: veal parmigiana; eggplant parmigiana.
  • parrington — Vernon Louis, 1871–1929, U.S. literary historian and critic.
  • patrolling — (of a police officer, soldier, etc.) to pass along a road, beat, etc., or around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.
  • pearmonger — a seller of pears
  • pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
  • peltmonger — a seller of pelts
  • performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • perigonial — of or pertaining to a perigon
  • perigonium — the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
  • perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
  • phanerogam — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • phonograph — any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
  • phrenology — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • pillorying — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
  • pine grove — a group of pine trees that are close together
  • pioneering — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
  • pipe organ — organ (def 1).
  • planograph — (formerly) to print from a flat surface.
  • playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
  • pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
  • pnu-prolog — A parallel extension of NU-Prolog, implemented as a preproccessor.
  • polarising — to cause polarization in.
  • polarizing — to cause polarization in.
  • ponerology — a theory of evil
  • pop singer — sb who sings popular music
  • porpoising — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
  • portending — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
  • portioning — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
  • portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
  • precognize — to know or cognize in advance; to have prior cognizance of (something)
  • precooling — Precooling is a process which improves the performance of a unit by reducing the compressor load and the head pressure.
  • preopening — taking place before a formal opening
  • prick song — written music.
  • primogenit — the eldest child in a family
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