10-letter words containing p, y, e, l, i
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hydrophile — (chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperdulia — the veneration offered to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of creatures.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- hyperlinks — Plural form of hyperlink.
- hypermiler — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- hyperploid — having a chromosome number that is greater than but not a multiple of the diploid number.
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypomotile — Less than usually motile.
- ideal type — a construct abstracted from experience in which individual elements are combined to form a whole that is conceptually independent of empirical factors or variables, but against which particular examples of the appropriate class found in life can be measured.
- impeccably — faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
- imperially — of, like, or pertaining to an empire.
- imployment — Obsolete spelling of employment.
- impolitely — In an impolite manner; uncivilly; rudely.
- impotently — not potent; lacking power or ability.
- improperly — not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, correct, etc.; erroneous: He drew improper conclusions from the scant evidence.
- impudently — of, relating to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
- inexpertly — not expert; unskilled.
- inexpiably — In an inexpiable manner or degree; permitting no atonement.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- interplays — Plural form of interplay.
- intrepidly — In an intrepid manner; fearlessly; daringly; resolutely.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- kelyphitic — as in kelyphitic rim, a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock
- lexigraphy — (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- lippershey — Hans. died ?1619, Dutch lens grinder, who built the first telescope
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- lopsidedly — In a lopsided manner.
- lymphokine — any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the immune response through its effect on the function of other cells, as destroying antigen-coated cells or stimulating macrophages.
- lyophilise — Alternative spelling of lyophilize.
- lyophilize — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- nickeltype — an electrotype with a deposit of nickel.
- nilpotency — The quality of being nilpotent.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- oppositely — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- optatively — In an optative way.
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- party line — the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
- pearl city — a city on S Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- peculiarly — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pelvimetry — measurement of the diameters of the female pelvis, especially the birth canal.
- penitently — feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
- peptolysis — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.