10-letter words containing p, i, c, o
- periodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- periphonic — (of sound reproduction) involving speakers placed at different heights so as to produce sound from all directions
- periscopic — Optics. (of certain lenses in special microscopes, cameras, etc.) giving distinct vision obliquely, or all around, as well as, or instead of, in a direct line.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phenotypic — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phlegmonic — relating to or having the characteristics of a phlegmon
- phlogistic — Pathology. inflammatory.
- 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.
- phosphonic — of or relating to phosponic acid or anything derived from it
- phosphoric — of or containing phosphorus, especially in the pentavalent state.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- photogenic — forming an attractive subject for photography or having features that look well in a photograph: a photogenic face.
- phototoxic — (of cosmetics, skin creams, etc) making the skin hazardously sensitive to sunlight
- phycobilin — any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria
- phycobiont — the algae component of a lichen.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- 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.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- phytotoxic — of or relating to phytotoxin.
- piccoloist — a person who plays the piccolo.
- pichiciago — any of several small armadillos of the genera Chalmyphorus and Burmeisteria, of southern South America.
- pichiciego — any of several small armadillos of the genera Chalmyphorus and Burmeisteria, of southern South America.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pick up on — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- picketboat — a boat which keeps guard
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- pickpocket — a person who steals money, wallets, etc., from the pockets of people, as in crowded public places.
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- picrotoxin — a white, crystalline, bitter, poisonous, central nervous system stimulant, C 3 0 H 3 4 O 1 3 , obtained from the seeds of Anamirta cocculus: used chiefly in the treatment of barbiturate poisoning.
- pictograph — pictogram
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pig-sconce — a foolish person
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pilot cell — one cell in a battery selected and tested to determine the charge or discharge current for the entire battery.
- pin clover — alfilaria.
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- pinacoidal — belonging or relating to a pinacoid
- pinchpoint — a traffic-calming measure in which the road narrows to one lane, with a sign indicating which oncoming driver should give way
- pincushion — a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- pitch cone — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitch into — to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like).