10-letter words containing p, r, e, o, g
- morphogeny — a biological term denoting the origin and development of morphological forms
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- negentropy — The entropy that a living thing exports to keep its own entropy low.
- negrophile — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- negrophobe — a person who strongly fears or dislikes black people.
- negroponte — Euboea.
- nephograph — an instrument for photographing clouds
- nephrology — the branch of medical science that deals with the kidney.
- newsgroups — Plural form of newsgroup.
- oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- open group — The Open Group
- opera-goer — someone who attends operas
- operagoers — Plural form of operagoer.
- operagoing — Attending opera performances.
- oppressing — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- orange-tip — a European butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, having whitish wings with orange-tipped forewings: family Pieridae
- organ pipe — one of the pipes of a pipe organ.
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- page proof — a trial proof printed from type that has been made up in page form, usually after galley corrections have been made, but before plates are made. Compare proof (def 12).
- palm grove — small forest of palm trees
- paper gold — special drawing rights.
- paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
- paralogize — to draw conclusions that do not follow logically from a given set of assumptions.
- paregmenon — the juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”.
- party-goer — A party-goer is someone who likes going to parties or someone who is at a particular party.
- pearmonger — a seller of pears
- peer group — a group of people, usually of similar age, background, and social status, with whom a person associates and who are likely to influence the person's beliefs and behavior.
- 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.
- peltmonger — a seller of pelts
- performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- pergelisol — permafrost.
- perigonial — of or pertaining to a perigon
- perigonium — the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- petroglyph — a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- petrograph — petroglyph.
- phanerogam — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phlebogram — venogram.
- phrenology — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- pine grove — a group of pine trees that are close together
- pioneering — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- pipe organ — organ (def 1).
- pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
- ponerology — a theory of evil
- pop singer — sb who sings popular music
- portending — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
- portuguese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Portugal, its inhabitants, or their language.