10-letter words containing r, i, g, s
- nonrusting — That does not rust; rustproof.
- nourishing — promoting or sustaining life, growth, or strength: a nourishing diet.
- obligators — Plural form of obligator.
- offshoring — the practice of moving employees or certain business activities to foreign countries as a way to lower costs, avoid taxes, etc.: the offshoring of software jobs to China.
- offsprings — children or young of a particular parent or progenitor.
- ogg vorbis — (audio, compression) A patent-free audio compression algorithm.
- 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.
- orangeries — Plural form of orangery.
- organicism — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- organicist — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- organisers — Plural form of organiser.
- organising — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- organismal — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- organismic — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- organizers — Plural form of organizer.
- originates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of originate.
- orismology — the science of defining the technical or special terms of a particular subject or field of study.
- orogenesis — the process of mountain making or upheaval.
- outraising — Present participle of outraise.
- outriggers — Plural form of outrigger.
- outscoring — Present participle of outscore.
- outstaring — Present participle of outstare.
- outswinger — a ball that when bowled veers from leg side to off side.
- overdesign — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- overdosing — Present participle of overdose.
- overseeing — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- overstring — Music. to arrange the strings of (a piano) so that the bass strings cross over the treble.
- panegyrist — a person who panegyrizes; eulogist.
- parageusia — an abnormal or hallucinatory sense of taste.
- paragnosis — knowledge obtained by supernatural means
- paralogism — argument violating principles of valid reasoning.
- paraskiing — the sport of jumping off high mountains wearing skis and a light parachute composed of inflatable fabric tubes that form a semirigid wing
- pasigraphy — a system of writing intelligible to persons of all languages; a universal language
- pergelisol — permafrost.
- periegesis — a descriptive account of a place or area
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- persisting — to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
- perspiring — to secrete a salty, watery fluid from the sweat glands of the skin, especially when very warm as a result of strenuous exertion; sweat.
- perstringe — to allude to or imply
- petrissage — a massage technique that uses firm pressure and works on specific muscles
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
- pig's ears — either of two common edible North American fungi, Peziza badia and Discina perlata.
- pigsticker — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pittsburgh — a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that forms the Ohio River: steel industry.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiarism — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plagiarist — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.