10-letter words containing p, a, l, g, r
- light trap — any mechanical arrangement that allows some form of movement to take place while excluding light, such as a light-proof door or the lips of a film cassette
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lipreading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- logansport — a city in N Indiana, on the Wabash River.
- logographs — Plural form of logograph.
- logography — printing with logotypes.
- loup-garou — a werewolf; lycanthrope.
- lump sugar — sugar in small blocks
- lymphogram — A diagnostic image produced by lymphography.
- nephralgia — kidney pain.
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- palatogram — Phonetics. a diagram or photograph obtained through palatography.
- palavering — a conference or discussion.
- palm grove — small forest of palm trees
- palm sugar — sugar from the sap of certain 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.
- papyrology — the study of papyrus manuscripts.
- 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.
- paraglossa — the outer lobe of the lingua or labium of certain insects
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- 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.
- parchingly — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- party girl — a girl or woman who is interested in little else besides attending parties.
- 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.
- 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.
- pilgarlick — a bald person; a person looked upon with humorous contempt or mock pity
- pilgrimage — a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
- placarding — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiarism — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plagiarist — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plagiarize — to take and use by plagiarism.
- planigraph — an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.
- planograph — (formerly) to print from a flat surface.
- 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.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- playwright — a writer of plays; dramatist.