10-letter words containing p, a, g, e
- cephalalgy — Dated form of cephalalgia.
- cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
- champagnes — Plural form of champagne.
- champaigne — Philippe de (filip də). 1602–74, French painter, born in Brussels: noted particularly for his portraits and historical and religious scenes
- charge-cap — (formerly in Britain) to impose on (a local authority) an upper limit on the community charge it may levy
- charged up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- cheapening — Present participle of cheapen.
- clappering — the sound made by using a clapper
- colportage — the work of a colporteur.
- copenhagen — the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est)
- copper age — a phase in some human cultures between a Stone Age and a Bronze Age, characterized by the introduction and development of copper tools and weapons: in the Old World this phase is commonly thought of as being part of their Bronze Age
- de gasperi — Alcide (alˈtʃiːde). 1881–1954, Italian statesman; prime minister (1945–53). An antifascist, he led the Christian Democratic party during World War II from the Vatican City
- decoupaged — Simple past tense and past participle of decoupage.
- decoupages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decoupage.
- deep magic — [possibly from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books] An awesomely arcane technique central to a program or system, especially one neither generally published nor available to hackers at large (compare black art); one that could only have been composed by a true wizard. Compiler optimisation techniques and many aspects of OS design used to be deep magic; many techniques in cryptography, signal processing, graphics, and AI still are. Compare heavy wizardry. Especially found in comments of the form "Deep magic begins here.". Compare voodoo programming.
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.
- depantsing — to remove the trousers from, as a joke or punishment.
- depucelage — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- depurating — Present participle of depurate.
- despairing — marked by or resulting from despair; hopeless or desperate
- despawning — Present participle of despawn.
- disparaged — Simple past tense and past participle of disparage.
- disparager — to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- disparages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disparage.
- dog paddle — a simple swimming stroke in which the body is kept nearly upright, the arms paddle, and the legs move up and down as in running
- dog-paddle — to swim or keep afloat by use of the dog paddle.
- eagle pass — a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- echography — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
- edaphology — The ecological relationship of soil with plants, and land cultivation practices.
- egg-shaped — having an oval form, usually with one end larger than the other.
- eigenspace — (linear algebra) A set of the eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.
- empaneling — Present participle of empanel.
- empennages — Plural form of empennage.
- energy gap — the difference of energy between the bottom of the conduction band and the top of the valence band of the electrons in a crystalline solid. For values below about 2eV the substance is considered to be a semiconductor whilst for higher values it is considered to be an insulator
- entrapping — Present participle of entrap.
- enwrapping — Present participle of enwrap.
- epagomenal — inserted at intervals; intercalary
- epagomenic — Intercalary.
- epigastria — Plural form of epigastrium.
- epigastric — Of or pertaining to the epigastrium.
- epiglottal — Pertaining to the epiglottis.
- epigrapher — Epigraphist.
- epigraphic — Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy.
- epilogical — Of or relating to an epilogue.
- epipelagic — Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the water from the surface of the sea down to 200 metres.
- ergophobia — An irrational fear of work.
- escapology — The study or art of escaping from a constriction, e.g. rope, handcuffs, etc.
- esophageal — Pertaining to the esophagus.
- espionages — Plural form of espionage.
- exophagous — (of an insect larva) living on the outside of, and feeding upon, the host