9-letter words containing p, e, g, a, s
- megaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megapodes — Plural form of megapode.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- megascope — A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
- megaspore — the larger of the two kinds of spores characteristically produced by seed plants and a few fern allies, developing into a female gametophyte. Compare microspore.
- neopagans — Plural form of neopagan.
- palsgrave — a German count palatine.
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- pargasite — a green or bluegreen variety of hornblende.
- parsonage — the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.
- passenger — a person who is traveling in an automobile, bus, train, airplane, or other conveyance, especially one who is not the driver, pilot, or the like.
- pastorage — pastorate.
- pasturage — pasture.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- peg pants — close-fitting trousers made of stretch fabric
- pelasgian — of or relating to the Pelasgians.
- personage — a person of distinction or importance.
- peshmerga — a member of the armed forces in the autonomous Kurdish-controlled region of NE Iraq
- phagosome — a vacuole within a phagocyte that contains bacteria or other ingested particles and that becomes fused with a lysosome.
- phalanges — a plural of phalanx.
- pied shag — a large New Zealand seabird, Phalacrocorax varius, with a white throat and underparts
- pig's ear — ear of a pig
- plasmagel — the gelatinous outer layer of cytoplasm of the pseudopod of an ameba, beneath the cell membrane.
- pleadings — the act of a person who pleads.
- plexiglas — material: acrylic glass
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- presagers — a presentiment or foreboding.
- presignal — to signal in advance
- repassage — a passage back or return, a repass or act of repassing
- reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
- sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug
- sap green — a green pigment obtained from the juice of buckthorn berries, used chiefly in dyes for wood, paper, and textiles.
- sapogenin — a crystalline substance derived from saponin
- scapegoat — a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scrappage — the act or process of scrapping
- scrippage — the contents of a scrip
- sea grape — a tropical American tree, Coccoloba uvifera, of the buckwheat family, bearing grapelike clusters of edible purple berries.
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- singapore — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
- siphonage — the action of a siphon.
- slag heap — A slag heap is a hill made from waste material, such as rock and mud, left over from mining.
- space age — period post-1950s onwards
- space-age — pertaining to or characteristic of the Space Age.
- spaghetti — a white, starchy pasta of Italian origin that is made in the form of long strings, boiled, and served with any of a variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces.
- spear gun — a device for shooting a barbed missile under water, usually by means of gas under pressure, a strong rubber band, or a powerful spring.
- spongebag — A spongebag is a small bag in which you keep things such as soap and a toothbrush when you are travelling.
- spur gear — a gear having straight teeth cut on the rim parallel to the axis of rotation.
- sugar pea — snow pea.