10-letter words containing p, i, g, r
- firing pin — a plunger in the firing mechanism of a firearm or cannon that strikes the cartridge primer, igniting the propelling charge.
- frangipane — a kind of pastry cake, filled with cream, almonds, and sugar.
- frangipani — a perfume prepared from or imitating the odor of the flower of a tropical American tree or shrub, Plumeria rubra, of the dogbane family.
- frying pan — A frying pan is a flat metal pan with a long handle, in which you fry food.
- frying-pan — a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried.
- gamotropic — of or relating to gamotropism
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- gaza strip — a coastal area on the E Mediterranean: formerly in the Palestine mandate, occupied by Israel 1967–94; since 1994 under Palestinian self-rule.
- geographic — of or relating to geography.
- geomorphic — of or relating to the form of the earth or the forms of its surface.
- geotropism — oriented growth with respect to the force of gravity.
- get a grip — regain self-control
- gingersnap — a small, brittle cookie flavored with ginger and molasses.
- girl power — an assertiveness and self-confidence shown by girls and young women
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- gossiprede — (obsolete) The relationship between a person and his sponsors.
- grand prix — (sometimes lowercase) any of various major automobile races over a long, arduous course, especially an international car race held each year over the same course.
- grapefruit — a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
- grapevines — Plural form of grapevine.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- graphicacy — the ability to understand and use maps, plans, symbols, etc
- graphitize — to convert into graphite.
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- grapplings — Plural form of grappling.
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- graspingly — In a grasping manner.
- grass pink — a pink, Dianthus plumarius, of Europe and Asia, having fragrant, fringed pink, purplish, or white flowers.
- gravel pit — an open cast working for the extraction of gravel
- greenstrip — any vegetation that does not burn easily, left uncut or planted along a roadway or waterway, usually to prevent wildfires.
- grip strip — a strip of wood or metal with shallow teeth fixed to a floor to help hold a carpet in place
- gripe site — a website through which people can express their contempt for a particular person, organization, pop group, etc
- grippingly — In a gripping manner.
- gros point — a large stitch used in embroidery. Compare petit point (def 1), tent stitch.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- grumpiness — The state, or act, of being grumpy.
- guide rope — a rope fastened, usually at an angle, to a hoisting or towing line, to guide the object being moved.
- guilt-trip — Informal. to attempt to instill a guilt trip in; play upon the guilt feelings of. See also guilt (def 4).
- gyro pilot — automatic pilot.
- gyroscopic — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- hairspring — a fine, usually spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- herpangina — an infectious disease, especially of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierograph — sacred writing or characters
- high-power — (of a rifle) of a sufficiently high muzzle velocity and using a heavy enough bullet to kill large game.
- high-proof — containing a high percentage of alcohol: high-proof spirits.
- hiphuggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.