10-letter words containing i, c, e, p
- pickpocket — a person who steals money, wallets, etc., from the pockets of people, as in crowded public places.
- 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.
- 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.
- picturised — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- piece rate — compensation based on a worker's quantitative output or production, usually an agreed sum per article of work turned out.
- piece-dyed — dyed after weaving (opposed to yarn-dyed).
- piercingly — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- pig-sconce — a foolish person
- pigsticker — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pilot cell — one cell in a battery selected and tested to determine the charge or discharge current for the entire battery.
- 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 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-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.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- place kick — a kick in which the ball is placed in position before it is kicked
- place-kick — to make (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a place kick.
- 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.
- plasticize — to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- plebiscite — a direct vote of the qualified voters of a state in regard to some important public question.
- pleochroic — (of a biaxial crystal) characterized by pleochroism.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleonectic — characterized by pleonexia
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- 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
- poetically — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- point lace — lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
- poker dice — (used with a plural verb) dice that, instead of being marked with spots, carry on their faces a picture or symbol representing the six highest playing cards: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine.
- pole piece — a piece of magnetic material at a pole of a permanent magnet or of an electromagnet, shaped to control the magnetic flux distribution in the vicinity of the pole.
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polemicize — to practice the art of disputation; to engage in polemics or controversy.
- police car — squad car.
- police dog — a dog trained to assist the police.
- politicize — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.