10-letter words containing p, e, l, i, t
- giant kelp — any of various very large kelps of the genera Laminaria, Macrocystis, and Nereocystis.
- 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
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- heliophyte — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliotrope — any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- hemipteral — of or relating to a hemipterous insect
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- heterophil — Also, heterophilic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen.
- hilltopper — the top or summit of a hill.
- hip-length — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- hospitable — 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.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypomotile — Less than usually motile.
- ideal type — a construct abstracted from experience in which individual elements are combined to form a whole that is conceptually independent of empirical factors or variables, but against which particular examples of the appropriate class found in life can be measured.
- ill temper — bad or irritable disposition.
- impactable — Likely to be impacted.
- impalement — to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- impartable — Capable of being imparted.
- impartible — not partible; indivisible.
- impetrable — (obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
- implements — Plural form of implement.
- implicated — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- implicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate.
- imployment — Obsolete spelling of employment.
- impolitely — In an impolite manner; uncivilly; rudely.
- importable — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- impotently — not potent; lacking power or ability.
- impudently — of, relating to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
- 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.
- inceptisol — a soil so young that horizons have just begun to form: especially prevalent in tundra areas.
- incomplete — not complete; lacking some part.
- inculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of inculpate.
- inculpates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculpate.
- inexpertly — not expert; unskilled.
- inexplicit — not explicit or clear; not clearly stated.
- inlet pipe — a pipe that allows a substance to enter a machine or device
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- interloped — Simple past tense and past participle of interlope.
- interloper — a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others: He was an athiest who felt like an interloper in this religious gathering.
- interlopes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlope.
- interplant — to plant (a crop) among another crop, or to plant (land) with a variety of crops
- interplays — Plural form of interplay.