10-letter words containing p, a, t, i
- 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.
- 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.
- gabapentin — (medicine) A medication, originally used for the treatment of epilepsy but now used to relieve pain.
- 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.
- gamotropic — of or relating to gamotropism
- 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.
- 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.
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- grapefruit — a large, roundish, yellow-skinned, edible citrus fruit having a juicy, acid pulp.
- graphitize — to convert into graphite.
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- gravel pit — an open cast working for the extraction of gravel
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- 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
- 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.
- headstripe — A stripe of colored feathers on the head of a bird.
- hemipteral — of or relating to a hemipterous insect
- hemipteran — hemipterous.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of seven lines or verses.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- hetmanship — the position of a hetman
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hippiatric — relating or belonging to the treatment of disease in horses
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hit parade — a listing or category of popular songs ranked according to their popularity with listeners, usually as shown by sales of records.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- 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.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- hypanthium — a cup-shaped or tubular body formed by the conjoined sepals, petals, and stamens.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypoactive — Less than normally active.
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypostasis — Metaphysics. something that stands under and supports; foundation. the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes; substance, essence, or essential principle.
- hypostatic — of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.