10-letter words containing a, p, l, i
- appositely — In an apposite manner.
- appraisals — Plural form of appraisal.
- approximal — situated side by side; close together
- april fool — An April Fool is a trick that is played on April Fool's Day.
- apterygial — (of eels, certain insects, etc) lacking such paired limbs as wings or fins
- archiplasm — archoplasm
- arctophile — a person who collects teddy bears or is fond of them
- arctophily — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- aspen hill — a city in central Maryland.
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- asphalting — any of various dark-colored, solid, bituminous substances, native in various areas of the earth and composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures.
- asphaltite — any of various naturally occurring hydrocarbons that resemble asphalt but have a higher melting point
- aspherical — (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical shape and relatively free from aberrations.
- aspiringly — in an aspiring manner
- atypically — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
- audiophile — a person who has a great interest in high-fidelity sound reproduction
- autophilia — Self love, especially sexual attraction to the self.
- autopilots — Plural form of autopilot.
- axoplasmic — of or relating to the axoplasm
- b particle — B meson.
- baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- balikpapan — a city in Indonesia, on the SE coast of Borneo. Pop: 409 023 (2000)
- ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophilia — an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- bibliotaph — a person who caches or hoards books.
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bicorporal — having two bodies, main divisions, symbols, etc.
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- biparental — from two parents
- biparietal — relating to or connected to both parietal bones
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- bipedality — the quality of having two feet
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.
- bipolarize — to make bipolar
- birth plan — a statement by a mother telling doctors and midwives how she would like her labour to proceed
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- bit player — a person with a very small acting role with few lines to speak
- bitch-slap — to strike (someone) with one's open hand
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- brillo pad — a scouring pad made of wire wool filled with soap
- caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)