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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  • pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.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
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