10-letter words containing s, l, i, p
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperlinks — Plural form of hyperlink.
- hypoplasia — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- idle speed — engine's slowest speed
- impaludism — a diseased state affecting the inhabitants of marshy areas
- impassable — not passable; not allowing passage over, through, along, etc.: Heavy snow made the roads impassable.
- impassably — In an impassable manner.
- impassible — incapable of suffering pain.
- impassibly — In an impassible manner.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- implements — Plural form of implement.
- implexuous — not simple; complicated
- implicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate.
- implosions — Plural form of implosion.
- imposingly — very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.: Notre Dame, Rheims, and other imposing cathedrals of France.
- impossible — not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
- impossibly — not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
- impulsions — Plural form of impulsion.
- in plaster — If you have a leg or arm in plaster, you have a cover made of plaster of Paris around your leg or arm, in order to protect a broken bone and allow it to mend.
- inceptisol — a soil so young that horizons have just begun to form: especially prevalent in tundra areas.
- inculpates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculpate.
- inpossible — Obsolete spelling of impossible.
- inspirable — capable of being inspired.
- interlopes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlope.
- interplays — Plural form of interplay.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- irish pale — pale2 (def 6).
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- iso pascal — A Lex scanner and Yacc parser are in the comp.sources.unix volume 13 archive.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- isopluvial — a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount of precipitation or rainfall
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- kannapolis — a town in W North Carolina.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals
- kriegspiel — (sometimes initial capital letter) a game using small figures and counters that represent troops, ships, etc., played on a map or miniature battlefield, developed for teaching military tactics to officers.
- l'hospital — Guillaume François Antoine de [gee-yohm frahn-swa ahn-twan duh] /giˈyoʊm frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1661–1704, French mathematician.
- lagniappes — Plural form of lagniappe.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- lapidaries — Plural form of lapidary.
- lapidarist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lapidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lapidify.
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- leptosomic — a person of asthenic build.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.