10-letter words containing p, o, g
- homographs — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- homography — The state or quality of being spelt homographically; the state or quality of existing as homographs.
- hop garden — a field of hops
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horography — the art of constructing time-keeping instruments such as watches and clocks
- hot spring — a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock.
- hung up on — simple past tense and past participle of hang.
- 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.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- ignipotent — (poetic) Presiding over fire; fiery.
- imposingly — very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.: Notre Dame, Rheims, and other imposing cathedrals of France.
- impounding — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
- impowering — Present participle of impower.
- inpourings — Plural form of inpouring.
- intergroup — taking place or being between groups: intergroup relationships.
- intragroup — Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
- isographic — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- jeoparding — Present participle of jeopard.
- keep going — persist, continue
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- kymography — The use of a kymograph.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- lagomorphs — Plural form of lagomorph.
- 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.
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone