10-letter words containing p, o, l
- photoglyph — an engraved plate, produced by the action of light, and from which prints or impressions are taken
- photolitho — photolithography.
- photolyses — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photolysis — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photomural — a wall decoration consisting of a very large photograph or photographs.
- photonovel — a novel published as a series of sequential photographs coupled with dialogue enclosed in balloons.
- phrenology — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phycobilin — any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria
- phylloclad — cladophyll
- phyllodium — phyllode.
- phyllotaxy — the arrangement of leaves on a stem or axis.
- phylloxera — any of several plant lice of the genus Phylloxera, especially P. vitifoliae (grape phylloxera) which attacks the leaves and roots of grapevines.
- 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.
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- 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- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.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
- pindo palm — a feather palm, Butia capitata, of Brazil, having long, arching leaves, grayish beneath, and small, egg-shaped fruit.
- ping-flood — (networking) To flood another user with ping requests.
- pink floyd — British rock group, formed in 1966: originally comprised Syd Barrett (1946–2006), Roger Waters (born 1944), Rick Wright (1945–2008), and Nick Mason (born 1945); Barrett was replaced by Dave Gilmour (born 1944) in 1968 and Waters left in 1986. Recordings include The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), and The Wall (1979)
- pirandello — Luigi [loo-ee-jee] /luˈi dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- pistillode — a sterile pistil, or one with a simple structure and reduced size and function
- pixelation — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.