10-letter words containing p, s, i, l
- expletives — Plural form of expletive.
- explicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explicate.
- exploiters — Plural form of exploiter.
- explosible — capable of exploding or being exploded
- explosions — Plural form of explosion.
- explosives — Plural form of explosive.
- expulsions — Plural form of expulsion.
- eye splice — an eye formed in a rope by splicing the end into its standing part
- fee simple — a charge or payment for professional services: a doctor's fee.
- fellowship — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- felspathic — feldspathic.
- field stop — the aperture that limits the field of view of a lens or system of lenses.
- fieldstrip — To disassemble a weapon for cleaning, oiling or repair.
- film speed — speed (def 5a).
- film strip — a length of film containing a series of related transparencies for projection on a screen.
- filmstrips — Plural form of filmstrip.
- fireplaces — Plural form of fireplace.
- fishplates — Plural form of fishplate.
- fissipedal — (zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.
- flapperish — in the style of a flapper
- flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flick-pass — a movement in which the ball is passed quickly to another player by flicking it out of the hand; often performed with only one hand
- flip-flops — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- floppiness — tending to flop.
- flyposting — the posting of advertising or political bills, posters, etc in unauthorized places
- followship — the practice of doing what other people suggest, rather than taking the lead
- franz lisp — (language) A MacLisp-like dialect of Lisp, developed primarily for work in symbolic algebra by R. Fateman et al at Ucb in about 1980. It was named after the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Franz Lisp was written in C and includes a compiler called "Liszt". Version: Opus 38.22. Liszt 8.08.
- geophilous — Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- geospatial — Relating to or denoting data that is associated with a particular location.
- goloptious — voluptuous
- gospellize — to evangelise
- grapplings — Plural form of grappling.
- graspingly — In a grasping manner.
- gypsophila — any plant belonging to the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family, native to Mediterranean regions, having small, panicled, pink or white flowers, as baby's breath.
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- halophiles — Plural form of halophile.
- heelpieces — Plural form of heelpiece.
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- heliopolis — Biblical name On. an ancient ruined city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- homophiles — Plural form of homophile.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.