10-letter words containing h, p, i
- 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
- pittsburgh — a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that forms the Ohio River: steel industry.
- pixie hood — a hood that comes to a point
- plainchant — plainsong (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- playwright — a writer of plays; dramatist.
- pleochroic — (of a biaxial crystal) characterized by pleochroism.
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- plus sight — a backsight used in leveling.
- plushiness — the condition of being plush
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- poison haw — a shrub, Viburnum molle, of the central U.S., having white flowers and bluish-black fruit.
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polish off — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polo shirt — a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton or cottonlike knit, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.
- 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.
- polyhalite — a type or pink or red mineral
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
- polyhybrid — a heterozygous hybrid
- polyhydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.
- polyhymnia — the Muse of sacred music and dance.
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polyphagia — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- polyphagic — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- polyphonic — consisting of many voices or sounds.
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- polytheist — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- ponchielli — Amilcare [ah-meel-kah-re] /ɑˈmil kɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Italian composer.
- poor white — a member of a class of white people, especially of the southern U.S., having low social status and little or no money, property, or education. See also white trash.
- porphyrize — to subject to porphyrization.
- porphyroid — a rock resembling porphyry.
- postflight — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a flight
- pranidhana — (in Mahayana Buddhism) the resolution not to enter nirvana until all beings are ready to enter.
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- prehensile — adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something: a prehensile tail.
- prehension — the act of seizing or grasping.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- prehominid — any of the extinct humanlike primates classified in the former family Prehominidae.
- prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.