10-letter words containing p, i, e, c
- spice lisp — (language) A flavour of Lisp, the sources of which (in Lisp) are available from CMU.
- spiceberry — a myrtaceous tree, Eugenia rhombea, of the Caribbean and Florida, with orange or black edible fruits
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- spiflicate — to destroy; annihilate
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- spinescent — Botany. becoming spinelike. ending in a spine. bearing spines.
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- split cane — bamboo split into strips of triangular section, tapered, and glued to form a stiff but flexible hexagonal rod: used, esp formerly, for making fishing rods
- sporogenic — relating to the production or formation of spores, or producing spores
- spot price — the price of spot goods or of commodities on the spot market.
- stenopaeic — pertaining to or containing a narrow slit or minute opening: a stenopeic device to aid vision after eye surgery.
- stenotopic — (of an animal or plant) able to tolerate only small environmental changes.
- stop price — the price at which a stop order is activated.
- stuck pipe — Stuck pipe happens when part of the drillpipe cannot be turned or moved up or down.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- subspecies — a subdivision of a species, especially a geographical or ecological subdivision.
- super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- supercilia — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
- supermicro — the fastest and most powerful type of microcomputer, with capabilities more commonly associated with minicomputers.
- supersonic — greater than the speed of sound waves through air.
- superthick — extremely thick
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- suppliance — appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.
- supplicate — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- susceptive — receptive.
- suscipient — a recipient
- suspecting — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
- tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
- taperstick — a candlestick designed to hold tapers.
- tapescript — a recording of the spoken word on tape or a transcript of this
- tcherepnin — Alexander (Aleksandr Nikolaevich) 1899–1977, Russian pianist and composer, in the U.S.
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
- teinoscope — an optical device employing prisms to correct the chromatic aberration of light
- telecopier — a fax machine
- telepathic — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
- telephonic — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
- telescopic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- telescript — A communications-oriented programming language using "active software agents", released by General Magic in 1994. What PostScript did for cross-platform, device-independent documents, Telescript aims to do for cross-platform, network-independent messaging. Telescript protects programmers from many of the complexities of network protocols.
- test piece — a piece of music played in an exam in order to test the abilities of the player
- the police — the organized civil force of a state, concerned with maintenance of law and order, the detection and prevention of crime, etc
- the prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- the-prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- theophoric — having the name of a god embedded in something, such as a name
- thinkpiece — an article analyzing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future.
- thrippence — threepence.