10-letter words containing s, c, p, i
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- 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
- playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
- 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.
- 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.
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- pogo stick — a long stick having a pair of handles at the top and, near the bottom, a pair of footrests attached to a powerful spring, so that by standing on the footrests while grasping the handles, one can propel oneself along in a series of leaps.
- polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- polo stick — a stick used to strike the ball in the game of polo
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polycystic — containing many cysts
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- pontifices — plural of pontifex.
- populistic — a member of the People's party.
- poroscopic — of or pertaining to poroscopy
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- postatomic — existing since or subsequent to the explosion of the first atomic bomb or the invention of atomic weapons: the political tensions of the postatomic world.
- postcoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- postcrisis — taking place after a crisis
- postexilic — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- postimpact — occurring after an impact
- postscript — a paragraph, phrase, etc., added to a letter that has already been concluded and signed by the writer.
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- practicers — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- practisant — a conspirator; someone who plots or schemes
- practising — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preaseptic — pertaining to the period before the use of aseptic practices in surgery.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precession — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- preciouses — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precocious — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- precursive — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- prediscuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919