10-letter words containing l, p, s
- pergelisol — permafrost.
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- perilously — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- persepolis — an ancient capital of Persia: its imposing ruins are in S Iran, about 30 miles (48 km) NE of Shiraz.
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- persifleur — a person who is fond of persiflage
- personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- personnels — a body of persons employed in an organization or place of work.
- persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
- perversely — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
- pestalozzi — Johann Heinrich [German yoh-hahn hahyn-rikh] /German ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
- pestilence — a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- petroleous — having or consisting of petroleum or an oil obtained from rock
- petroleuse — a female individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
- petrópolis — a city in SE Brazil, north of Rio de Janeiro: resort. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)
- phalangist — a member of a Lebanese Christian paramilitary organization founded in 1936 and originally based on similar ideas to the fascist Falange in Spain
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phantasmal — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phase rule — a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three phases, has no degrees of freedom. Compare variance (def 4).
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- philippics — any of the orations delivered by Demosthenes, the Athenian orator, in the 4th century b.c., against Philip, king of Macedon.
- philistian — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- philistine — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- philosophe — any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire.
- philosophy — the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phlogistic — Pathology. inflammatory.
- phlogiston — a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
- pholidosis — the layout or disposition of the scales of reptiles
- phosphoryl — a radical chemical consisting of phosphorus and oxygen, represented by the symbol pO
- photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- photoflash — flashbulb.
- photolyses — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photolysis — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- phraseless — lacking in a phrase or phrases
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phthisical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.
- physically — relating to the body or its appearance: He is not physically attractive.
- physiology — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- piccoloist — a person who plays the piccolo.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.