10-letter words containing p, e, s, i
- appliances — Plural form of appliance.
- appointees — a person who is appointed.
- appointers — Plural form of appointer.
- appositely — In an apposite manner.
- appositive — standing in apposition
- appraisers — Plural form of appraiser.
- appraisive — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- apprentise — Obsolete form of apprentice.
- archpriest — (formerly) a chief assistant to a bishop, performing many of his sacerdotal functions during his absence
- aristotype — a process of photographic printing in which paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin is used.
- ascriptive — having the ability to be attributable to
- asepticise — to make aseptic; to treat with aseptics
- asepticism — a form of care or treatment which prevents putrification
- asepticize — to cause (something) to be aseptic or non-putrefying
- asian pear — a tropical pear tree, esp any of several varieties of Japanese pear Pyrus serotina
- asparagine — a nonessential amino acid, a component of proteins
- aspen hill — a city in central Maryland.
- asperating — to make rough, harsh, or uneven: a voice asperated by violent emotion.
- asperation — The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
- aspergilla — Plural form of aspergillum.
- asperities — Plural form of asperity.
- aspersions — disparaging or malicious remarks; slanderous accusations
- aspersoria — Plural form of aspersorium.
- asphaltite — any of various naturally occurring hydrocarbons that resemble asphalt but have a higher melting point
- aspherical — (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical shape and relatively free from aberrations.
- asphyxiate — If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
- aspirinate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of aspirin.
- assumptive — taken for granted.
- asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
- audiotapes — Plural form of audiotape.
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- base price — a price quoted as a base without including additional charges.
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- beast epic — a long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and follies.
- bedsprings — Plural form of bedspring.
- bel esprit — a witty or clever person
- bel-esprit — a person of great wit or intellect.
- besprinkle — to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
- billposter — a person who is employed to stick advertising posters to walls, fences, etc
- biopoiesis — the development of living matter from nonliving matter, esp considered as an evolutionary process
- bioprocess — a method or operation of preparing a biological material, especially a product of genetic engineering, for commercial use.
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.