10-letter words containing p, l, e, g, i
- phlogopite — a magnesium-rich mica mineral, usually yellowish-brown, but sometimes reddish-brown.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
- piercingly — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- pigeonhole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- pilgrimage — a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
- pilgrimize — to go on a pilgrimage
- pipelining — pipeline
- pixelating — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiarize — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- plateauing — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- pleadingly — the act of a person who pleads.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plexiglass — a material very similar to Plexiglas
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- plugged in — closely connected; in touch with what is going on; informed; involved: He's one of the more plugged-in advisers at State House.
- plugged-in — closely connected; in touch with what is going on; informed; involved: He's one of the more plugged-in advisers at State House.
- plummeting — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
- police dog — a dog trained to assist the police.
- polygamize — to practise polygamy
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- precooling — Precooling is a process which improves the performance of a unit by reducing the compressor load and the head pressure.
- pregenital — of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- preglacial — prior to a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- preleasing — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- prelogical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- prevailing — predominant: prevailing winds.
- priestling — a small or insignificant priest
- princeling — a young prince.
- privileged — belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
- privileges — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- prize flag — a flag hoisted by a yacht upon learning that it has won a prize in a race.
- profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
- prologuize — to compose or deliver a prologue.
- propelling — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
- pummelling — the action of striking repeatedly with or as with the fists
- rappelling — (in mountaineering) the act or method of moving down a steep incline or past an overhang by means of a double rope secured above and placed around the body, usually under the left thigh and over the right shoulder, and paid out gradually in the descent.
- repiningly — in a repining manner, discontentedly
- replanning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- replanting — to plant again.
- replotting — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- respelling — to spell again or anew.
- slip gauge — a very accurately ground block of hardened steel used to measure a gap with close accuracy: used mainly in tool-making and inspection
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- spellingly — one letter at a time
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.