10-letter words containing p, i
- asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
- asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
- at a pinch — If you say that something is possible at a pinch, or in American English if you say that something is possible in a pinch, you mean that it would be possible if it was necessary, but it might not be very comfortable or convenient.
- at a price — If you can buy something that you want at a price, it is for sale, but it is extremely expensive.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attempting — to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles.
- atypically — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
- audiograph — a machine used to test a patient's hearing by transmitting sound waves directly to the inner ear
- audiophile — a person who has a great interest in high-fidelity sound reproduction
- audiotapes — Plural form of audiotape.
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
- auspicious — Something that is auspicious indicates that success is likely.
- authorship — The authorship of a piece of writing is the identity of the person who wrote it.
- autophagia — sustenance by self-absorption of the tissues of the body
- autophilia — Self love, especially sexual attraction to the self.
- autophobia — the fear of solitude or being alone
- autophobic — Of or pertaining to autophobia.
- autopilots — Plural form of autopilot.
- autopodium — (anatomy) The distal part of a limb; a hand or foot.
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- autoscopic — of or relating to an out-of-body experience
- autotropic — Growing in a straight line.
- aviophobia — fear of flying in an airplane or other aircraft.
- axoplasmic — of or relating to the axoplasm
- b particle — B meson.
- baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- balikpapan — a city in Indonesia, on the SE coast of Borneo. Pop: 409 023 (2000)
- ballpoints — Plural form of ballpoint.
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- baphometic — relating to the worship of the idol Baphomet, whom the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping during the Crusades
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- barophobia — The fear of gravity or objects falling.
- baroscopic — Relating to, or determined by, the baroscope.
- barotropic — having a density that is a function only of pressure.
- barrow pit — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- base price — a price quoted as a base without including additional charges.
- bashawship — the position or jurisdiction of a bashaw
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophilia — an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- batophobia — The fear of high objects or of high objects falling down.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- be in pain — If you are in pain, you feel pain in a part of your body, because you are injured or ill.
- bean aphid — a small, black aphid, Aphis fabae, often found on beans and related plants.
- beast epic — a long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and follies.
- beating-up — a physical assault