10-letter words containing s, i, e, g, p
- 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
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phosgenite — a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.
- 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).
- pied goose — magpie goose.
- 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.
- pig-sconce — a foolish person
- pigsticker — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plexiglass — a material very similar to Plexiglas
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- pop singer — sb who sings popular music
- possessing — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- pre-design — 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.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preleasing — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- presenting — to furnish or endow with a gift or the like, especially by formal act: to present someone with a gold watch.
- presignify — to signify or indicate beforehand; foretell.
- pressuring — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- priestling — a small or insignificant priest
- privileges — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- processing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- professing — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prospering — to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects; thrive; flourish.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- pupigerous — (of an insect) having a pupa
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- pyogenesis — the generation of pus; the process of the formation of pus.
- rangership — the office or position of a ranger
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- respecting — regarding; concerning.
- respelling — to spell again or anew.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- sea pigeon — the common black guillemot, Cepphus grylle.
- seakeeping — the ability of a vessel to endure rough conditions at sea and navigate safely during long storms.
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.