10-letter words containing i, a, p, e
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phomvihane — Kaysone (ˈkaɪsɒn). 1920–92, Laotian Communist statesman; prime minister of Laos (1975–91); president (1991–92)
- phone mail — voice mail
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- 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
- piano duet — a musical composition for two pianists playing two pianos or together at one piano.
- piano wire — a very thin steel wire of high tensile strength.
- pianoforte — a piano.
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- picketboat — a boat which keeps guard
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- piece rate — compensation based on a worker's quantitative output or production, usually an agreed sum per article of work turned out.
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
- pier table — a low table or console intended to be set between two windows, often beneath a pier glass.
- pig farmer — sb who raises pigs for meat
- pig's ears — either of two common edible North American fungi, Peziza badia and Discina perlata.
- pig-headed — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- pigeon pea — a tropical shrub, Cajanus cajan, having showy yellow flowers.
- pigmentary — of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.
- pikes peak — a mountain in central Colorado: a peak of the Rocky Mountains. 14,108 feet (4300 meters).
- pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
- pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
- pileolated — pileated.
- pileorhiza — a calyptra
- pilferable — capable of being pilfered
- pilgrimage — a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
- pillarless — having no pillars or upright structural supports
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pilot tape — Television. pilot (def 9).
- pin-tailed — having a tapered tail with long, pointed central feathers.
- pine snake — any of several subspecies of bullsnake of the eastern and southeastern U.S., chiefly in pine woods: now threatened.
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- pineal eye — an eyelike structure that develops from the pineal apparatus in certain cold-blooded vertebrates.
- pinfeather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pinnatiped — having lobate feet.
- pinnigrade — moving by means of finlike parts or flippers, as the seals and walruses.
- pinto bean — a variety of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, having mottled or spotted seeds: grown chiefly in the southern U.S.
- pipe dream — unattainable wish
- pipe major — the noncommissioned officer, generally of warrant officer's rank, who is responsible for the training, duty, and discipline of a military or civilian pipe band
- pipe organ — organ (def 1).
- pipe snake — any of several nonvenomous, burrowing snakes of the genus Cylindrophis, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, having an evenly cylindrical body.
- pipe-dream — to indulge in pipe dreams; fantasize.
- pipe-layer — a worker employed in laying a pipeline or one experienced in such work.
- piperazine — Also called piperazidine [pip-uh-raz-i-deen, -din, pahy-puh-] /ˌpɪp əˈræz ɪˌdin, -dɪn, ˌpaɪ pə-/ (Show IPA). a colorless, crystalline, deliquescent ring compound, C 4 H 1 0 N 2 , prepared by the reaction of ethylene bromide or ethylene chloride with ammonia: used chiefly in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic, and as an insecticide.
- pipsissewa — any evergreen plant of the genus Chimaphila, especially C. umbellata, the leaves of which are used medicinally for their tonic, diuretic, and astringent properties.
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- pistillate — having a pistil or pistils.