10-letter words containing k, e, p, i
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- killer app — a highly innovative, very powerful, or extremely useful computer application; esp one sufficiently important as to justify purchase of the equipment or software
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilt pleat — a large vertical pleat overlapping one adjoining pleat and being overlapped by the other, as on a kilt.
- kinescopes — Plural form of kinescope.
- kinesipath — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- kings peak — a mountain in NE Utah: highest peak in the Uinta Mountains. 13,528 feet (4123 meters).
- kinsperson — A kinsman or kinswoman.
- kipper tie — a very wide tie, often brightly coloured and patterned
- kisspeptin — a protein molecule that is responsible for triggering the onset of puberty in humans
- knifepoint — the sharp tip of a knife.
- kriegspiel — (sometimes initial capital letter) a game using small figures and counters that represent troops, ships, etc., played on a map or miniature battlefield, developed for teaching military tactics to officers.
- kryptonite — The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles' heel.
- lenin peak — a peak in the Trans Alai range, in central Asia, between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. 23,382 feet (7127 meters).
- leukopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lipsticked — Decorated with lipstick.
- lymphokine — any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the immune response through its effect on the function of other cells, as destroying antigen-coated cells or stimulating macrophages.
- mediaspeak — The jargon used by the media.
- mein kampf — the autobiography (1925–27) of Adolf Hitler, setting forth his political philosophy and his plan for German conquest.
- mispackage — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
- mudskipper — any of several gobies of the genera Periophthalmus and Boleophthalmus, of tropical seas from Africa to the East Indies and Japan, noted for the habit of remaining out of water on mud flats for certain periods and jumping about when disturbed.
- neckpieces — Plural form of neckpiece.
- nickeltype — an electrotype with a deposit of nickel.
- nitpickers — Plural form of nitpicker.
- pacemaking — the act of setting a pace for race competitors
- paderewski — Ignace [French ee-nyas] /French iˈnyas/ (Show IPA), or Ignacy Jan [Polish ig-nah-tsi yahn] /Polish ɪgˈnɑ tsɪ yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1860–1941, Polish pianist, composer, patriot, and statesman.
- painkiller — a drug, treatment, or anything else that relieves pain, especially an analgesic.
- painstaker — a painstaking person
- paperknife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
- parentlike — a father or a mother.
- park ridge — a city in NE Illinois.
- parrotlike — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- pawnticket — a ticket or receipt for a pawned item
- peacocking — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- peking man — the skeletal remains of Homo erectus, formerly classified as Sinanthropus pekinensis, found at Zhoukoudian, near Peking, China, in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II.
- pendelikon — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens: noted for its fine marble. 3640 feet (1110 meters).
- penderecki — Krzysztof [kshish-tawf] /ˈkʃɪʃ tɔf/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Polish composer.
- pentelikon — Pendelikon.
- perikaryal — of or pertaining to the perikaryon of a nerve; involving or occurring within a perikaryon
- perikaryon — cell body.
- periwinkle — Also called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers.
- pernickety — persnickety.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pick-me-up — an alcoholic drink taken to restore one's energy or good spirits.
- pickedness — sharpness or the state of being pointed