10-letter words containing n, i, p, l, e
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- pentelikon — Pendelikon.
- percentile — one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into 100 groups having equal frequencies: Ninety percent of the values lie at or below the ninetieth percentile, ten percent above it.
- periclinal — of or relating to a pericline
- peridental — periodontal.
- perigonial — of or pertaining to a perigon
- perihelion — the point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is nearest to the sun.
- perineural — located around a nerve or bunch of nerves; surrounding a nerve
- peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- periwinkle — Also called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers.
- perplexing — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- pestilence — a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- phaelonion — an item of religious clothing, worn in the Eastern Church, and taking the form of a garment without sleeves for the upper body, rather like a chasuble
- phenelzine — a potent monoamine oxidase inhibitor, C 8 H 1 2 N 2 , used to treat certain kinds of depression.
- philippine — of or relating to the Philippines or their inhabitants; Filipino.
- 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.
- philoxenia — an act of hospitableness and welcome
- phlegmonic — relating to or having the characteristics of a phlegmon
- phone bill — an account or bill for the charges for a telephone and line and for calls made from it
- phone mail — voice mail
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- piercingly — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- pigeonhole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- pikeblenny — any of several tropical American clinid fishes of the genus Chaenopsis, as C. ocellata (bluethroat pikeblenny) the male of which is noted for its aggressive behavior in defending its territory.
- pile it on — to exaggerate
- pin clover — alfilaria.
- pin-tailed — having a tapered tail with long, pointed central feathers.
- pine bluff — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
- pineal eye — an eyelike structure that develops from the pineal apparatus in certain cold-blooded vertebrates.
- pink slime — beef trimmings that have been ground and liquefied, used as a binder in minced beef and other meat products
- pipelining — pipeline
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- pitch line — pitch circle.
- pixelating — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- pixelation — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- plain jane — girl: unattractive
- plain text — the intelligible original message of a cryptogram, as opposed to the coded or enciphered version.
- plain-jane — simple and modest; unadorned; basic: a plain-Jane car dressed up with leather upholstery.
- plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- plaintless — without complaint
- plainville — a town in N Connecticut.
- plane iron — the blade of a plane.
- planetical — planetary
- planetlike — resembling a planet or planets
- planetwide — relating to or affecting a whole planet
- planimeter — an instrument for measuring mechanically the area of plane figures.