10-letter words containing a, l, i, p
- placarding — a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
- place kick — a kick in which the ball is placed in position before it is kicked
- place-kick — to make (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a place kick.
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- 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.
- plagiarize — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plain jane — girl: unattractive
- plain knit — the simplest knitted construction, consisting of vertical ribs visible on the front of the fabric and horizontal rows of stitches visible on the back, used in the production of hosiery and jersey fabrics.
- plain rail — (in a double-hung window) a meeting rail equal in thickness to its sash.
- plain sail — any of the ordinary working sails of a vessel.
- plain suit — a suit other than the trump suit.
- plain text — the intelligible original message of a cryptogram, as opposed to the coded or enciphered version.
- plain-jane — simple and modest; unadorned; basic: a plain-Jane car dressed up with leather upholstery.
- plain-laid — noting a rope laid right-handed with three left-handed strands, without a heart; hawser-laid.
- plain-song — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plain-wrap — packaged in a plain wrapper, especially one displaying no brand name; no-frills: the growing popularity of plain-wrap products.
- plainchant — plainsong (defs 1, 2).
- plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- plaintless — without complaint
- plainville — a town in N Connecticut.
- plane iron — the blade of a plane.
- planetical — planetary
- planetlike — resembling a planet or planets
- planetwide — relating to or affecting a whole planet
- planigraph — an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.
- planimeter — an instrument for measuring mechanically the area of plane figures.
- planimetry — the measurement of plane areas.
- planktonic — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- plant city — a city in W Florida.
- plant life — vegetation, flora
- plantation — a town in S Florida.
- plasmodial — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- 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.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- plasticity — the quality or state of being plastic.
- plasticize — to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- plastidial — relating to a plastid
- plastidule — a small particle of protoplasm
- plastilina — a non-drying, oil-based modeling material
- plate rail — a rail or narrow shelf fixed along a wall to hold plates, especially for ornament or display.
- plateauing — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- platinated — to platinize.
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
- play dirty — use unfair or dishonest tactics
- play, inc. — (company) The company which designed and markets Snappy Video Snapshot.
- playacting — to engage in make-believe.