10-letter words containing p, l, i, e, s
- oppositely — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- oversimple — excessively simple
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palimpsest — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- palimscope — a hand instrument that produces concentrated ultraviolet light for reading palimpsests and other research materials.
- palisander — Brazilian rosewood.
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- paralepsis — paralipsis.
- parcelwise — bit by bit
- patrialise — to make patrial, one with a legal right to enter and stay in the UK
- pearlstein — Philip, born 1924, U.S. painter.
- 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.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedipalpus — the second paired appendage in Arachnida
- pedologist — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pelagius i — died a.d. 561, pope 556–561.
- pelletised — to make or form (concentrated ore) into pellets.
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- penn hills — a town in W Pennsylvania.
- penologist — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- peptolysis — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- pergelisol — permafrost.
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- perilously — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- persepolis — an ancient capital of Persia: its imposing ruins are in S Iran, about 30 miles (48 km) NE of Shiraz.
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- persifleur — a person who is fond of persiflage
- personalia — the accoutrements, concerns, or intimations that are personal to one
- pestalozzi — Johann Heinrich [German yoh-hahn hahyn-rikh] /German ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1746–1827, Swiss educational reformer.
- pestilence — a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
- petrópolis — a city in SE Brazil, north of Rio de Janeiro: resort. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)
- philistine — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- philosophe — any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
- pikesville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
- pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- pillarless — having no pillars or upright structural supports
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.