10-letter words containing p, a, n, g, i
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- shaganappi — thongs, straps, or lacings made of rawhide.
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- siphonogam — a plant that is pollinated by siphonogamy
- snappingly — involving a snap
- spankingly — in a spanking manner
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- spatangoid — a type of sea urchin
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- spectating — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- spiralling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhaas — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- springtail — any of numerous minute, wingless primitive insects of the order Collembola, most possessing a special abdominal appendage for jumping that allows for the nearly perpetual springing pattern characteristic of the group.
- sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
- supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- surpassing — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- swing pass — a pass thrown to a receiver, usually a running back, who is running toward a sideline
- tapping up — (esp of a professional soccer club) the illicit practice of attempting to recruit a player while he is still bound by contract to another team
- timpanogos — Mount, a mountain in N central Utah, in the Wasatch Range: noted caves. 11,750 feet (3581 meters).
- topagnosia — a symptom of disease of or damage to the brain in which a person cannot identify a part of the body that has been touched
- trapessing — to walk over; tramp: to traipse the fields.
- unaspiring — lacking ambition or aspiration
- unpleasing — not pleasing
- unsparring — direct or forceful
- up against — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- up-trading — to trade (a piece of equipment, car, etc.) for something similar but of greater value or quality: to uptrade one's stereo components.
- upbraiding — the act or words of a person who upbraids; severe reproof or censure: an upbraiding from one's superiors.
- updragging — a poor or inferior upbringing
- upflashing — flashing or flaring up
- upheapings — acts or instances of heaping up
- upstanding — upright; honorable; straightforward.
- vanpooling — the sharing of a van to commute to work
- wallopings — Plural form of walloping.
- washing-up — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- whipsawing — Present participle of whipsaw.
- winged pea — a trailing southern European plant, Lotus tetragonolobus, of the legume family, having purplish-red flowers and edible pods and seeds.
- wingspread — the distance between the most outward tips of the wings when they are as extended as possible.
- zincograph — (formerly) a zinc plate produced by zincography.