10-letter words containing p, s, i, l
- physically — relating to the body or its appearance: He is not physically attractive.
- physiology — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- 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- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
- pig island — New Zealand
- 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
- pillionist — a passenger riding on the pillion of a motorcycle
- pilliwinks — an old instrument of torture similar to the thumbscrew.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pilot fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- 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.
- pink slime — beef trimmings that have been ground and liquefied, used as a binder in minced beef and other meat products
- pismo clam — a large edible clam, Tivela stultorum, of sandy shores of California and Mexico.
- pistillate — having a pistil or pistils.
- pistillode — a sterile pistil, or one with a simple structure and reduced size and function
- pit sample — a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.
- pitilessly — feeling or showing no pity; merciless: pitiless criticism of his last novel.
- pittsfield — a city in W Massachusetts.
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiarism — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plagiarist — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plain sail — any of the ordinary working sails of a vessel.
- plain suit — a suit other than the trump suit.
- plain-song — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plaintless — without complaint
- plasmodial — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plasmodium — Biology. an ameboid, multinucleate mass or sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of organisms, as of myxomycetes or slime molds.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- plasticity — the quality or state of being plastic.
- plasticize — to make or become plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- plastidial — relating to a plastid
- plastidule — a small particle of protoplasm
- plastilina — a non-drying, oil-based modeling material
- playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plebiscite — a direct vote of the qualified voters of a state in regard to some important public question.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- plesiosaur — any marine reptile of the extinct genus Plesiosaurus, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a small head, a long neck, four paddlelike limbs, and a short tail.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- plexiglass — a material very similar to Plexiglas
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough