10-letter words containing p, a, i
- fishplates — Plural form of fishplate.
- fissipedal — (zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.
- fittipaldi — Emerson. born 1946, Brazilian motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion (1972,1974)
- flapperish — in the style of a flapper
- flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flick-pass — a movement in which the ball is passed quickly to another player by flicking it out of the hand; often performed with only one hand
- flight cap — a wedge-shaped cap of cotton or woolen fabric, worn as part of the service uniform.
- flight pay — a pay supplement allowed by the U.S. Air Force to certain crew members who attain a minimum flight time per month.
- flip chart — a set of sheets, as of cardboard or paper, hinged at the top so that they can be flipped over to show information or illustrations in sequence.
- flippantly — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floodplain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- forcipated — Like a pair of forceps.
- fortepiano — a piano of the late 18th and early 19th centuries with greater clarity but less volume, resonance, and dynamic range than a modern grand, revived in the late 20th century for the performance of the music of its period.
- frangipane — a kind of pastry cake, filled with cream, almonds, and sugar.
- frangipani — a perfume prepared from or imitating the odor of the flower of a tropical American tree or shrub, Plumeria rubra, of the dogbane family.
- franz lisp — (language) A MacLisp-like dialect of Lisp, developed primarily for work in symbolic algebra by R. Fateman et al at Ucb in about 1980. It was named after the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Franz Lisp was written in C and includes a compiler called "Liszt". Version: Opus 38.22. Liszt 8.08.
- frappucino — Any of several forms of partially frozen cappuccino coffee.
- frying pan — A frying pan is a flat metal pan with a long handle, in which you fry food.
- frying-pan — a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried.
- gabapentin — (medicine) A medication, originally used for the treatment of epilepsy but now used to relieve pain.
- galumphing — to move along heavily and clumsily.
- game chips — round thin potato chips served with game
- game point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the game.
- gamophobia — The fear of marriage.
- gamotropic — of or relating to gamotropism
- gandhi cap — a white cap, pointed in front and back and having a wide band, worn by men in India.
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- gaza strip — a coastal area on the E Mediterranean: formerly in the Palestine mandate, occupied by Israel 1967–94; since 1994 under Palestinian self-rule.
- genophobia — The physical or psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- geographic — of or relating to geography.
- geoponical — agricultural
- geospatial — Relating to or denoting data that is associated with a particular location.
- get a grip — regain self-control
- giant kelp — any of various very large kelps of the genera Laminaria, Macrocystis, and Nereocystis.
- gin palace — (formerly) a gaudy drinking house
- gingersnap — a small, brittle cookie flavored with ginger and molasses.
- give pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- give place — to make room
- glen plaid — a plaid pattern of muted colors or of black or gray and white, especially one in which two dark and two light stripes alternate with four dark and four light stripes, both vertically and horizontally, forming a crossing pattern of irregular checks.
- gnaphalium — Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- gomphiasis — looseness of the teeth.
- grand prix — (sometimes lowercase) any of various major automobile races over a long, arduous course, especially an international car race held each year over the same course.
- grapefruit — a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
- grapevines — Plural form of grapevine.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- graphicacy — the ability to understand and use maps, plans, symbols, etc
- graphitize — to convert into graphite.
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- grapplings — Plural form of grappling.