10-letter words containing p, a, r, l, i
- fireplaces — Plural form of fireplace.
- flapperish — in the style of a flapper
- 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.
- 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.
- grapplings — Plural form of grappling.
- 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.
- gravel pit — an open cast working for the extraction of gravel
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- harelipped — Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hemipteral — of or relating to a hemipterous insect
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperdulia — the veneration offered to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of creatures.
- impairable — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- imparlance — an extension of time granted to one party in a lawsuit to plead or to settle the dispute amicably.
- impartable — Capable of being imparted.
- impartible — not partible; indivisible.
- imperially — of, like, or pertaining to an empire.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- impetrable — (obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
- implorable — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- implorator — a person who implores
- importable — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- improbable — not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.
- improbably — not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.
- improvable — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- in plaster — If you have a leg or arm in plaster, you have a cover made of plaster of Paris around your leg or arm, in order to protect a broken bone and allow it to mend.
- incorporal — Obsolete form of incorporeal.
- inoperable — not operable or practicable.
- inspirable — capable of being inspired.
- interplant — to plant (a crop) among another crop, or to plant (land) with a variety of crops
- interplays — Plural form of interplay.
- interplead — to litigate with each other in order to determine which of two parties is the rightful claimant against a third party.
- interpolar — connecting or being between poles: an interpolar flight.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- intraplate — (geology) Taking place within a single tectonic plate.
- irish pale — pale2 (def 6).
- ivory palm — the palm bearing the common ivory nut.
- j particle — an early name for the J/psi particle.
- killer app — a highly innovative, very powerful, or extremely useful computer application; esp one sufficiently important as to justify purchase of the equipment or software
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilpatrick — Hugh Judson [juhd-suh n] /ˈdʒʌd sən/ (Show IPA), 1836–81, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- laid paper — paper with fine parallel and cross lines produced in manufacturing.