10-letter words containing p, a, l, c, i, o
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- nontypical — not typical; unusual
- notaphilic — of or pertaining to notaphily
- nyctalopia — night blindness.
- nyctalopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.
- occipitals — Plural form of occipital.
- occupiable — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- ophthalmic — of or relating to the eye; ocular.
- palaeozoic — of, denoting, or relating to an era of geological time that began 600 million years ago with the Cambrian period and lasted about 375 million years until the end of the Permian period
- pali canon — a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three parts (Pitaka) sermons () the rules of the Buddhist order () and several treatises on philosophy and psychology ()
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- pathologic — of or relating to pathology.
- patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
- patrilocal — virilocal.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- peccadillo — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phonically — of or relating to speech sounds.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- pinacoidal — belonging or relating to a pinacoid
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- planktonic — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
- poetically — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- point lace — lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
- police car — squad car.
- politician — a person who is active in party politics.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polyatomic — pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.
- polyaxonic — relating to a polyaxon
- polycarpic — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polyphagic — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- pontifical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.