10-letter words containing c, h, i, p
- pinchpoint — a traffic-calming measure in which the road narrows to one lane, with a sign indicating which oncoming driver should give way
- pincushion — a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.
- pine finch — pine siskin.
- pitch cone — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitch into — to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like).
- pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
- pitch line — pitch circle.
- pitch pine — any of several pines from which pitch or turpentine is obtained.
- pitch pipe — a small flute or reed pipe producing one or more pitches when blown into, used chiefly for establishing the proper pitch in singing or in tuning a musical instrument.
- pitch shot — a shot in which the ball is hit high into the air and with backspin to ensure little roll upon landing, used in approaching the green.
- pitch-dark — dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.
- pitch-pipe — a small flute or reed pipe producing one or more pitches when blown into, used chiefly for establishing the proper pitch in singing or in tuning a musical instrument.
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- pitchforks — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- pitchwoman — a female pitchman
- plainchant — plainsong (defs 1, 2).
- pleochroic — (of a biaxial crystal) characterized by pleochroism.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polychroic — having many colours
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- polyhydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polyphagic — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- polyphonic — consisting of many voices or sounds.
- ponchielli — Amilcare [ah-meel-kah-re] /ɑˈmil kɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Italian composer.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- princehood — the office or rank of a prince
- princeship — a nonreigning male member of a royal family.
- pro-choice — supporting or advocating legalized abortion.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychicism — the belief in or study of psychic phenomena
- psychicist — a psychic
- pubic hair — hair growing in genital area
- punch line — the climactic phrase or sentence in a joke, speech, advertisement, or humorous story that produces the desired effect.
- punch list — a list of unfinished matters that require attention.
- purchasing — buying
- puschkinia — a small spring-flowering bulb, Puschkinia scilloides, of Asia Minor and the Caucasus, having white or pale blue flowers striped with dark blue
- pyrophobic — an abnormal fear of fire.
- pyrophoric — capable of igniting spontaneously in air.
- pyrrhicist — a person who dances the pyrrhic
- pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.
- rechipping — action of changing the electronic identity of a stolen mobile phone
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- rheopectic — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.