10-letter words containing p, l, o, i
- philosophy — the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
- philoxenia — an act of hospitableness and welcome
- phlebolite — a small mass or solid deposit of calcium that forms in a vein
- phlebolith — valueless rock or mineral matter occurring in a vein; gangue.
- phlegmonic — relating to or having the characteristics of a phlegmon
- phlogistic — Pathology. inflammatory.
- phlogiston — a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
- phlogopite — a magnesium-rich mica mineral, usually yellowish-brown, but sometimes reddish-brown.
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- pholidosis — the layout or disposition of the scales of reptiles
- phone bill — an account or bill for the charges for a telephone and line and for calls made from it
- phone mail — voice mail
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phonically — of or relating to speech sounds.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- photolitho — photolithography.
- photolysis — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- phycobilin — any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria
- phyllodium — phyllode.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physiology — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- piano roll — a roll of paper containing perforations such that air passing through them actuates the keys of a player piano.
- piccoloist — a person who plays the piccolo.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pigeonhole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- pile it on — to exaggerate
- pileolated — pileated.
- pileorhiza — a calyptra
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- pillar box — a pillarlike box in which letters are deposited for collection by mail carriers; mailbox.
- pillionist — a passenger riding on the pillion of a motorcycle
- pillorying — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pilot bird — a warbler of forest floors in SE Australia, Pycnoptilus floccosus, named from its alleged habit of accompanying the superb lyrebird
- pilot boat — a boat carrying pilots to or from large ships.
- pilot cell — one cell in a battery selected and tested to determine the charge or discharge current for the entire battery.
- pilot film — pilot (def 9).
- pilot fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilot flag — the flag symbolizing the letter G in the International Code of Signals, flown by itself to request a pilot from a pilot service: a flag of three yellow and three blue vertical stripes.
- pilot lamp — an electric lamp, used in association with a control, which by means of position or color indicates the functioning of the control; an indicator light or a control light.
- pilot tape — Television. pilot (def 9).
- pilot-fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pimpmobile — a large, expensive, and ostentatious or vulgarly ornate automobile, typically one painted in bright colors and fitted out with a lavish or overelaborate interior.
- pin clover — alfilaria.
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- pinacoidal — belonging or relating to a pinacoid