10-letter words containing p, l, i, g
- hip-length — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- impaneling — Present participle of impanel.
- imperiling — Present participle of imperil.
- implanting — Present participle of implant.
- impleading — to sue in a court of law.
- imposingly — very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.: Notre Dame, Rheims, and other imposing cathedrals of France.
- impugnable — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- impurpling — Present participle of impurple.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- keep vigil — If someone keeps a vigil or keeps vigil somewhere, they remain there quietly for a period of time, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest.
- king plank — a plank running along the center line of a deck, into which all other planks are fitted.
- kriegspiel — (sometimes initial capital letter) a game using small figures and counters that represent troops, ships, etc., played on a map or miniature battlefield, developed for teaching military tactics to officers.
- lagniappes — Plural form of lagniappe.
- laloplegia — paralysis of the speech organs in which the tongue is not affected.
- lampooning — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- lexigraphy — (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- light pipe — optical fibre
- light trap — any mechanical arrangement that allows some form of movement to take place while excluding light, such as a light-proof door or the lips of a film cassette
- lighten up — be less serious
- lightplane — a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- lightships — Plural form of lightship.
- lightspeed — The speed of light.
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lipreading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- logogriphs — Plural form of logogriph.
- logopedics — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- logophilia — The love of words and word games.
- logophobia — an obsessive fear of words.
- longprimer — in printing, a size of type intermediate between small pica and bourgeois
- loopholing — Present participle of loophole.
- loving cup — a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
- lygophilia — The love of darkness.
- malpighian — Marcello [mahr-chel-law] /mɑrˈtʃɛl lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1628–94, Italian anatomist.
- megalopsia — macropsia.
- megapixels — Plural form of megapixel.
- mispelling — Misspelling of misspelling.
- misplacing — Present participle of misplace.
- monoplegia — paralysis of one extremity, muscle, or muscle area.
- multigroup — having or involving several groups
- negrophile — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- nephralgia — kidney pain.
- nonplaying — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.