10-letter words containing h, p, i
- phototoxic — (of cosmetics, skin creams, etc) making the skin hazardously sensitive to sunlight
- phototoxin — Biochemistry. a plant toxin causing an allergic reaction when touched or eaten by a susceptible person or animal subsequently exposed to sunlight.
- 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).
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phthisical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.
- phycobilin — any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria
- phycobiont — the algae component of a lichen.
- phyllodium — phyllode.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- physically — relating to the body or its appearance: He is not physically attractive.
- physicking — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- physiology — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- phytotoxic — of or relating to phytotoxin.
- phytotoxin — any toxin, as ricin or crotin, produced by a plant.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pichiciago — any of several small armadillos of the genera Chalmyphorus and Burmeisteria, of southern South America.
- pichiciego — any of several small armadillos of the genera Chalmyphorus and Burmeisteria, of southern South America.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- picnic ham — a section of boned and smoked pork shoulder
- pictograph — pictogram
- pig-headed — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- pigeonhole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- pileorhiza — a calyptra
- pilot fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilot-fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- 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 wrench — a wrench having a pin for insertion into the heads of certain bolts to drive them. Compare spanner (def 2).
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- pinchingly — in a mean or pinching way
- pinchpenny — a miser or niggard.
- 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.
- pinfeather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pious hope — a wish or desire that is unlikely to be fulfilled
- piping hot — pipes collectively; a system or network of pipes.
- 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.