10-letter words containing c, i, n, e, p
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- pickedness — sharpness or the state of being pointed
- picnickers — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- piercingly — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- pig-sconce — a foolish person
- pin cherry — any of several species of cherry, especially Prunus padus (European bird cherry) of Europe and Asia, and P. pensylvanica (pin cherry) of the U.S.
- pin clover — alfilaria.
- pin wrench — a wrench having a pin for insertion into the heads of certain bolts to drive them. Compare spanner (def 2).
- pinchpenny — a miser or niggard.
- pine finch — pine siskin.
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- 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 line — pitch circle.
- pitch pine — any of several pines from which pitch or turpentine is obtained.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- planetical — planetary
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleonectic — characterized by pleonexia
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- point lace — lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- ponchielli — Amilcare [ah-meel-kah-re] /ɑˈmil kɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Italian composer.
- ponticello — a bridge on a stringed instrument
- pontifices — plural of pontifex.
- porrection — the act of holding something out for presentation or acceptance
- pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- precession — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- precipitin — an antibody that reacts with its specific antigen to form an insoluble precipitate.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precognize — to know or cognize in advance; to have prior cognizance of (something)
- preconceit — a preconceived idea; a preconception
- preconized — to proclaim or commend publicly.
- precooling — Precooling is a process which improves the performance of a unit by reducing the compressor load and the head pressure.
- predicting — to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.
- prediction — an act of predicting.
- prefinance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- preincline — to dispose or prepare beforehand: Their experiences had preinclined them to think pessimistically.
- prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.