10-letter words containing p, o, g, y
- gray power — the organized influence exerted by elderly people as a group, especially for social or political purposes or ends.
- grey power — the political, financial, or social influence of elderly people
- gymnoplast — a mass of protoplasm without an enclosing wall.
- gymnosperm — a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad.
- gymnospore — a naked spore, especially one not produced in a sporangium or one lacking a protective envelope.
- gynephobia — an abnormal fear of women.
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- gynophobia — Extreme or irrational fear of women or of the female.
- gynophobic — relating to a dread or hatred of women
- gynophores — Plural form of gynophore.
- gypsophila — any plant belonging to the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family, native to Mediterranean regions, having small, panicled, pink or white flowers, as baby's breath.
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- gypsy moth — a moth, Porthetria dispar, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of shade and other trees.
- gyro pilot — automatic pilot.
- gyrocopter — autogiro.
- gyroscopes — Plural form of gyroscope.
- 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.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- 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.
- hippogryph — Alternative spelling of hippogriff.
- hippophagy — the practice of eating horseflesh.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- homography — The state or quality of being spelt homographically; the state or quality of existing as homographs.
- horography — the art of constructing time-keeping instruments such as watches and clocks
- hyalograph — an instrument used in hyalography.
- hydrograph — a graph of the water level or rate of flow of a body of water as a function of time, showing the seasonal change.
- hyetograph — a map or chart showing the average rainfall for the localities represented.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hygrograph — a self-recording hygrometer.
- hygrophobe — a plant that grows best with little or no moisture
- hygrophyte — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hygroscope — an instrument that indicates the approximate humidity of the air.
- hygroscopy — The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hypnagogia — (medicine) A condition characterized by dreamlike auditory, visual, or tactile sensations when half-awake.
- hypnagogic — of or relating to drowsiness.
- hypnogenic — of or relating to the induction of sleep
- hypnogogic — Alternative spelling of hypnagogic.
- hypnograph — an instrument that measures activities of the human body during sleep.
- hypogenous — growing beneath, or on the undersurface, as fungi on leaves.
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- hypogynous — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- hypozeugma — the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- imposingly — very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.: Notre Dame, Rheims, and other imposing cathedrals of France.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- kymography — The use of a kymograph.
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone