10-letter words containing p, i, s, e, a
- pine snake — any of several subspecies of bullsnake of the eastern and southeastern U.S., chiefly in pine woods: now threatened.
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- pipe snake — any of several nonvenomous, burrowing snakes of the genus Cylindrophis, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, having an evenly cylindrical body.
- pipsissewa — any evergreen plant of the genus Chimaphila, especially C. umbellata, the leaves of which are used medicinally for their tonic, diuretic, and astringent properties.
- pistillate — having a pistil or pistils.
- pit sample — a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.
- pizza base — a disc of dough used as a base for a pizza
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plaintless — without complaint
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- plasticize — to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- plastidule — a small particle of protoplasm
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- plexiglass — a material very similar to Plexiglas
- plumassier — a person who works with ornamental feathers
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- poinsettia — a plant, Euphorbia (Poinsettia) pulcherrima, of the spurge family, native to Mexico and Central America, having variously lobed leaves and brilliant scarlet, pink, or white petallike bracts.
- poisonable — able to be poisoned
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polynesian — of or relating to Polynesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- popularise — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- postillate — to annotate, to postil
- practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- praiseless — not receiving praise; unpraised
- praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- pre-advise — to give counsel to; offer an opinion or suggestion as worth following: I advise you to be cautious.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- preleasing — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- presential — present, or implying actual presence
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- privy seal — (in Great Britain) the seal affixed to grants, documents, etc., that are to pass the great seal, and to documents of less importance that do not require the great seal.
- proairesis — the power of considered decision-making
- proseminar — a course conducted in the manner of a seminar for graduate students but often open to advanced undergraduates.
- proserpina — Persephone.
- proteanism — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- proteinase — any of a group of enzymes that are capable of hydrolyzing proteins.
- psalmodize — to sing psalms