10-letter words containing p, y, g
- nomography — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- nonplaying — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- oligophagy — the condition of feeding on a limited range of foodstuffs, esp plants
- oligopsony — the market condition that exists when there are few buyers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors.
- opposingly — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- oppugnancy — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- outplaying — Present participle of outplay.
- palaeology — the study of prehistory
- palynology — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- panegyrize — to deliver or write a panegyric about; eulogize.
- pantophagy — the consumption of all types of food
- papyrology — the study of papyrus manuscripts.
- paraguayan — a republic in central South America between Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina. 157,047 sq. mi. (406,750 sq. km). Capital: Asunción.
- parchingly — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- party game — a game played at a party, esp at a children's party
- party girl — a girl or woman who is interested in little else besides attending parties.
- party-goer — A party-goer is someone who likes going to parties or someone who is at a particular party.
- pasigraphy — a system of writing intelligible to persons of all languages; a universal language
- passageway — a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or the like.
- pastry bag — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- pathognomy — the study of the symptoms or characteristics of a disease; diagnosis.
- pearl gray — a very pale bluish gray.
- pearl grey — a light bluish-grey colour
- penguinery — a group, colony, or enclosure of penguins
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perrysburg — a town in NW Ohio.
- petrifying — stunning or dazing with horror, fear, etc
- petroglyph — a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
- phlebology — the study of the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of veins.
- photoglyph — an engraved plate, produced by the action of light, and from which prints or impressions are taken
- 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.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physicking — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- physiology — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- piercingly — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- piggy bank — a small bank, having the shape of a pig, provided with a slot at the top to receive small coins.
- pigmentary — of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.
- pillorying — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
- pinchingly — in a mean or pinching way
- plasmogamy — the fusion of the protoplasts of cells.
- plastogamy — the fusion of multiple cells without the fusion of their nuclei
- play agent — a broker representing a playwright in dealings with theater managers, producers, etc.
- play along — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play games — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- playacting — to engage in make-believe.