10-letter words containing s, i, g
- phlogiston — a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
- 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).
- 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.
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pied goose — magpie goose.
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
- pig island — New Zealand
- 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.
- pit sawing — a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.
- 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.
- plain-song — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- 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
- plus sight — a backsight used in leveling.
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- podologist — a person who studies or specializes in podology
- pogo stick — a long stick having a pair of handles at the top and, near the bottom, a pair of footrests attached to a powerful spring, so that by standing on the footrests while grasping the handles, one can propel oneself along in a series of leaps.
- poison gas — any of various toxic gases, especially those used in chemical warfare to kill or incapacitate on inhalation or contact, as phosgene, chlorine, etc.
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- polygynist — a person who practices or favors polygyny.
- pop singer — sb who sings popular music
- porpoising — any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
- possessing — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- postflight — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a flight
- postmating — of or designating the period after mating
- postponing — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- pound sign — a symbol (£) for “pound” or “pounds” as a monetary unit of the United Kingdom.
- practising — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- pragmatism — character or conduct that emphasizes practicality.
- pragmatist — a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person.
- praisingly — in a praising manner; with praise
- 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.