10-letter words containing p, i, s, c, e
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nitpickers — Plural form of nitpicker.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- nosepieces — Plural form of nosepiece.
- noviceship — The state or position of being a novice.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- paracyesis — ectopic pregnancy.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- parischane — a parish
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- peace sign — a sign representing “peace,” made by extending the forefinger and middle finger upward in a V -shape with the palm turned outward.
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- pecos bill — a legendary cowboy of the American frontier who performed such fabulous feats as digging the Rio Grande.
- pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
- pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
- pediatrics — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedicurist — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- pendencies — the state or time of being pending, undecided, or undetermined, as of a lawsuit awaiting settlement.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- 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.
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- pestilence — a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- pettichaps — any of the warblers that belongs to the family Sylviinae
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- 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.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pickedness — sharpness or the state of being pointed
- picnickers — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- picturised — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pig-sconce — a foolish person
- pigsticker — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.