10-letter words containing p, i, l, a, s
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- bicapsular — (of plants) having two capsules or one capsule with two chambers
- bioplastic — plastic suitable for use as a biomaterial.
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bisulphate — a salt or ester of sulphuric acid containing the monovalent group -HSO4 or the ion HSO4–
- bitch-slap — to strike (someone) with one's open hand
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
- calliopsis — coreopsis
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- camel spin — camel (def 3).
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- cap pistol — a toy gun using caps to imitate the sound of a real pistol.
- capillatus — (of a cumulonimbus cloud) having a cirriform upper portion that resembles an anvil or a disorderly mass of hair.
- capitalise — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalism — Capitalism is an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are owned by private individuals and not by the state.
- capitalist — A capitalist country or system supports or is based on the principles of capitalism.
- capsizable — able to be capsized
- capsulised — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulise.
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
- capsulizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capsulize.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- catalepsis — Dated form of catalepsy.
- cataplasia — the degeneration of cells and tissues to a less highly developed form
- cattleship — a large vessel for the transportation of livestock.
- cephalitis — encephalitis.
- cheapishly — in a fairly cheap manner
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- collapsing — Present participle of collapse.
- collapsion — (archaic) collapse.
- complaints — A statement that a situation is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.
- daugavpils — a city in SE Latvia on the Western Dvina River: founded in 1274 by Teutonic Knights; ruled by Poland (1559–1772) and Russia (1772–1915); retaken by the Russians in 1940. Pop: 112 609 (2002 est)
- dealership — A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- despicable — If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel, or evil.
- despicably — deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible: He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.
- despisable — deserving of being despised; despicable
- despotical — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- diaphyseal — the shaft of a long bone.
- dipetalous — bipetalous.
- diplacusis — a difference in hearing by the two ears so that one sound is heard as two.
- diplomates — Plural form of diplomate.
- diplophase — the diploid part of an organism's life cycle.
- diplospeak — the polite and placatory language usually associated with diplomats
- disapparel — to remove the clothing from (a person)
- disapplied — Simple past tense and past participle of disapply.