10-letter words containing p, i, a, c
- peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
- petechiate — having or marked with petechiae.
- pettichaps — any of the warblers that belongs to the family Sylviinae
- phagedenic — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- phantasmic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
- phatically — in a phatic manner
- phenacaine — a compound, C 1 8 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , usually used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic for the eye.
- phenacetin — a white, slightly water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 2 , used in medicine chiefly as an agent for checking or preventing fever or for relieving pain: withdrawn because of unfavorable side effects.
- philatelic — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phoenician — a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phonically — of or relating to speech sounds.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phthisical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- physically — relating to the body or its appearance: He is not physically attractive.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pianistics — (used with a singular verb) the art or practice of playing the piano.
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- piccadilly — one of the main streets of London, running from Piccadilly Circus to Hyde Park Corner
- piccalilli — a pungent relish of East Indian origin, made of chopped vegetables, mustard, vinegar, and hot spices.
- piccaninny — pickaninny.
- pichiciago — any of several small armadillos of the genera Chalmyphorus and Burmeisteria, of southern South America.
- pick apart — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pick basic — Data/BASIC
- pickaninny — a term used to refer to a black child.
- picketboat — a boat which keeps guard
- pickup arm — tone arm.
- picnic ham — a section of boned and smoked pork shoulder
- pictograph — pictogram
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- piece rate — compensation based on a worker's quantitative output or production, usually an agreed sum per article of work turned out.
- pilgarlick — a bald person; a person looked upon with humorous contempt or mock pity
- 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
- piracicaba — a city in SE Brazil, NW of São Paulo.
- piscifauna — all the fishes that live in a particular place, time or habitat