10-letter words containing p, a, i
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- graspingly — In a grasping manner.
- grass pink — a pink, Dianthus plumarius, of Europe and Asia, having fragrant, fringed pink, purplish, or white flowers.
- gravel pit — an open cast working for the extraction of gravel
- guinea pig — a short-eared, tailless rodent of the genus Cavia, usually white, black, and tawny, commonly regarded as the domesticated form of one of the South American wild species of cavy: often used in scientific experiments or kept as a pet.
- gynephobia — an abnormal fear of women.
- gynophobia — Extreme or irrational fear of women or of the female.
- gypsophila — any plant belonging to the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family, native to Mediterranean regions, having small, panicled, pink or white flowers, as baby's breath.
- haemophile — a haemophilic bacterium
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- hair sheep — any variety of sheep growing hair instead of wool, yielding hides with a finer and tougher grain than those of wool sheep
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- hair spray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- hairspring — a fine, usually spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece.
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- halophiles — Plural form of halophile.
- halophilic — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- hand-piece — handheld, power-operated shears used by a shearer
- hand-spike — a bar used as a lever.
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- handspikes — Plural form of handspike.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- hang it up — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- haplobiont — an organism, esp a plant, that exists in either the diploid form or the haploid form (but never alternates between these forms) during its life cycle
- happenings — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- happi coat — a Japanese lounging jacket with wide, loose sleeves and often an overlapping front closure usually tied with a sash.
- haptically — By means of touch.
- harelipped — Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hawsepipes — Plural form of hawsepipe.
- headpieces — Plural form of headpiece.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- headstripe — A stripe of colored feathers on the head of a bird.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- hemianopia — any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemiplegia — paralysis of one side of the body.
- hemipteral — of or relating to a hemipterous insect
- hemipteran — hemipterous.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hemophilia — any of several X-linked genetic disorders, symptomatic chiefly in males, in which excessive bleeding occurs owing to the absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood.
- hemophobia — an abnormal fear of blood.