10-letter words containing p, y, i, n
- partisanly — in a partisan 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.
- passionary — passional (def 3).
- patricliny — patrocliny.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- penguinery — a group, colony, or enclosure of penguins
- penis envy — the repressed wish of a female to possess a penis.
- penitently — feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite.
- penny-wise — greatly concerned with saving small sums of money
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perikaryon — cell body.
- periphyton — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- pernickety — persnickety.
- petrifying — stunning or dazing with horror, fear, etc
- phenotypic — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phonically — of or relating to speech sounds.
- phycobilin — any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria
- phycobiont — the algae component of a lichen.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physicking — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- phytotoxin — any toxin, as ricin or crotin, produced by a plant.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- piccaninny — pickaninny.
- pickaninny — a term used to refer to a black child.
- piercingly — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- piggy bank — a small bank, having the shape of a pig, provided with a slot at the top to receive small coins.
- pigmentary — of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.
- pikeblenny — any of several tropical American clinid fishes of the genus Chaenopsis, as C. ocellata (bluethroat pikeblenny) the male of which is noted for its aggressive behavior in defending its territory.
- 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.
- pin cherry — any of several species of cherry, especially Prunus padus (European bird cherry) of Europe and Asia, and P. pensylvanica (pin cherry) of the U.S.
- pinchingly — in a mean or pinching way
- pinchpenny — a miser or niggard.
- pineal eye — an eyelike structure that develops from the pineal apparatus in certain cold-blooded vertebrates.
- 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)
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pinyon jay — a grayish-blue, uncrested jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus, found in mountainous parts of the western U.S.
- planimetry — the measurement of plane areas.
- plant city — a city in W Florida.
- play, inc. — (company) The company which designed and markets Snappy Video Snapshot.
- playacting — to engage in make-believe.
- playmaking — the initiating of offensive plays in sports
- pleadingly — the act of a person who pleads.
- plebeianly — in a plebeian manner
- ploddingly — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- plottingly — in a plotting manner
- poignantly — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- point duty — the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic