10-letter words containing p, a, i
- dorsal lip — the dorsal marginal region of the blastopore, which acts as a center of differentiation: as cells move through this region to the interior of the embryo during gastrulation, they acquire the ability to induce the overlying ectoderm to develop into a variety of tissues.
- drag strip — a straight, paved area or course where drag races are held, as a section of road or airplane runway.
- drain plug — A drain plug is a plug which is taken out to allow a fluid to be drained from a tank such as an engine oil pan or sump.
- drainpipes — a large pipe that carries away the discharge of waste pipes, soil pipes, etc.
- drainspout — downspout.
- drosophila — a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
- duennaship — The role or status of duenna.
- duplicable — capable of being duplicated.
- duplicated — a copy exactly like an original.
- duplicates — Plural form of duplicate.
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.
- duplicatus — (of a cloud) consisting of superposed layers that sometimes partially merge.
- dysgraphia — inability to write, caused by cerebral lesion.
- dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia
- dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.
- dyspepsias — Plural form of dyspepsia.
- dysplastic — Exhibiting dysplasia.
- dyspractic — relating to or affected by dyspraxia
- dystrophia — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- east islip — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- east point — a city in N Georgia, near Atlanta.
- echopraxia — the abnormal repetition of the actions of another person.
- ecliptical — Astronomy. the great circle formed by the intersection of the plane of the earth's orbit with the celestial sphere; the apparent annual path of the sun in the heavens. an analogous great circle on a terrestrial globe.
- ecmascript — (language) (ECMA standard 262, ISO standard 16262) The standardised version of the core JavaScript language.
- ecphractic — having the property of removing obstructions
- eigenspace — (linear algebra) A set of the eigenvectors associated with a particular eigenvalue, together with the zero vector.
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- el capitan — a mountain in E central California, in the Sierra Nevada: a monolith with a precipice rising over 1100 m (3600 ft) above the floor of the Yosemite Valley. Height: 2306 m (7564 ft)
- elliptical — (of speech or writing) using or involving ellipsis, especially so as to be difficult to understand.
- emacs lisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp used to implement the higher layers of the Free Software Foundation's editor, GNU Emacs. Sometimes abbreviated to "elisp". An enormous number of Emacs Lisp packages have been written including modes for editing many programming languages and interfaces to many Unix programs.
- emancipate — Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions.
- emancipist — (Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
- emmetropia — The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
- empaneling — Present participle of empanel.
- emparadise — to turn (a place or state) into a paradise
- empathetic — Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings etc; empathic.
- empathised — Simple past tense and past participle of empathise.
- empathises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empathise.
- empathized — Simple past tense and past participle of empathize.
- empathizer — One who empathizes.
- empathizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empathize.
- emphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of emphasise.
- emphasises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emphasise.
- emphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of emphasize.
- emphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emphasize.
- emphatical — Emphatic.
- emphractic — medication that closes the pores of the skin
- empire day — a former holiday celebrated in the British Empire on May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday
- encephalic — of or relating to the brain
- enkephalin — Either of two compounds that occur naturally in the brain. They are peptides related to the endorphins, with similar physiological effects.