10-letter words containing p, l, a, g
- misplacing — Present participle of misplace.
- monoplegia — paralysis of one extremity, muscle, or muscle area.
- mpumalanga — a province of E South Africa; formed in 1994 (originally as Eastern Transvaal) from part of the former province of Transvaal: agriculture and service industries. Capital: Nelspruit. Pop: 4 039 939 (2011 est). Area: 78 370 sq km (30 259 sq miles)
- nephralgia — kidney pain.
- nonplaying — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- oligophagy — the condition of feeding on a limited range of foodstuffs, esp plants
- opal glass — a translucent or opaque glass, usually of a milky white hue.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outplaying — Present participle of outplay.
- page fault — (memory management) In a paged virtual memory system, an access to a page (block) of memory that is not currently mapped to physical memory. When a page fault occurs the operating system either fetches the page in from secondary storage (usually disk) if the access was legitimate or otherwise reports the access as illegal.
- palaeogaea — the Old World as a biological region
- palaeogene — of or formed in the Palaeocene, Eocene, and Oligocene epochs
- palaeology — the study of prehistory
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- 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.
- palynology — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- panel game — a game in which the teams consists of two or more opposing panels or groups of people who discuss or decide on the answers, etc together
- 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.
- pascagoula — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- patent log — any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship by means of a vaned rotor streamed at the end of a log line upon which it exerts a torsion transmitted to a registering device on board.
- pathologic — of or relating to pathology.
- 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
- pelagius i — died a.d. 561, pope 556–561.
- 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.
- phalangeal — of or relating to a phalanx.
- phalangist — a member of a Lebanese Christian paramilitary organization founded in 1936 and originally based on similar ideas to the fascist Falange in Spain
- pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
- phlebogram — venogram.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness