10-letter words containing p, e, g
- give pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- give place — to make room
- give up on — abandon: sb
- glammed up — made to look more glamorous
- glasspaper — (archaic) sandpaper.
- glen plaid — a plaid pattern of muted colors or of black or gray and white, especially one in which two dark and two light stripes alternate with four dark and four light stripes, both vertically and horizontally, forming a crossing pattern of irregular checks.
- glove shop — a shop that sells gloves
- glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- gnetophyte — Any of the plant division Gnetophyta, consisting of woody plants that differ from other gymnosperms in having vessel elements (which transport water within the plant) as found in flowering plants.
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- goa powder — a brownish-yellow, odorless, crystalline powder obtained from the wood or the trunk of the Brazilian tree Andira araroba, used as a source of chrysarobin.
- goalkeeper — (in ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, etc.) a player whose chief duty is to prevent the ball or puck from crossing or entering the goal.
- gobstopper — a large piece of hard candy.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- gold plate — a thin coating of gold, usually produced by electroplating
- gold-plate — to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
- goldplated — to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
- gonioscope — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- good speed — good luck; success: to wish someone good speed.
- googleplex — Misspelling of googolplex.
- googolplex — a number that is equal to 1 followed by a googol of zeros and expressed as .
- goose-step — to march in a goose step: Troops goose-stepped past the reviewing stand.
- goosebumps — Plural form of goosebump.
- gopherwood — yellowwood.
- gospellize — to evangelise
- gossiprede — (obsolete) The relationship between a person and his sponsors.
- gramophone — a phonograph.
- granophyre — a fine-grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass.
- grape fern — any of several ferns of the genus Botrychium, comprising several species having grapelike clusters of sporangia.
- grapefruit — a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
- grapelouse — an insect that attacks grape vines
- grapestone — the seed of a grape.
- grapevines — Plural form of grapevine.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- graphitize — to convert into graphite.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- graplement — a close fight or a close fighting grasp
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- gravel pit — an open cast working for the extraction of gravel
- gray power — the organized influence exerted by elderly people as a group, especially for social or political purposes or ends.
- grays peak — a mountain in N central Colorado; highest point in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,270 feet (4352 meters).
- grease cup — oilcup.
- green peas — peas eaten while fresh and immature
- green soap — a soap made chiefly from potassium hydroxide and linseed oil, used in treating some skin diseases.
- greenpeace — an organization founded in 1971 that stresses the need to maintain a balance between human progress and environmental conservation. Members take active but nonviolent measures against what are regarded as threats to environmental safety, such as the dumping of nuclear waste in the sea
- greenspeak — the jargon used by those who campaign for the conservation of the world's natural resources and the improvement of the environment
- greenstrip — any vegetation that does not burn easily, left uncut or planted along a roadway or waterway, usually to prevent wildfires.
- grey power — the political, financial, or social influence of elderly people