10-letter words containing s, p, i
- pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
- pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
- pedestrian — a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
- pediatrics — the branch of medicine concerned with the development, care, and diseases of babies and children.
- pediatrist — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- pediculous — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedicurist — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- pedipalpus — the second paired appendage in Arachnida
- pedologist — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- peep sight — a plate containing a small hole through which a gunner peeps in sighting.
- pelagius i — died a.d. 561, pope 556–561.
- pelletised — to make or form (concentrated ore) into pellets.
- pemphigous — of, relating to, or affected by pemphigus
- pendencies — the state or time of being pending, undecided, or undetermined, as of a lawsuit awaiting settlement.
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- penis envy — the repressed wish of a female to possess a penis.
- penmanship — the art of handwriting; the use of the pen in writing.
- penn hills — a town in W Pennsylvania.
- penny-wise — greatly concerned with saving small sums of money
- penologist — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- pensioneer — to canvas votes by promising higher pensions
- pensionnat — a simple boarding house or small hotel in France
- pentapolis — a group or federation of five cities; esp in reference to various ancient (Biblical and Classical) federations of five cities or towns
- pentaprism — a prism that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- pepsinogen — crystals, occurring in the gastric glands, that during digestion are converted into pepsin.
- peptolysis — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- pergelisol — permafrost.
- periastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are closest (opposed to apastron).
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- periegesis — a descriptive account of a place or area
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perilously — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- perimysium — the connective tissue surrounding bundles of skeletal muscle fibers.
- periosteum — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- periphrase — the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
- periscopic — Optics. (of certain lenses in special microscopes, cameras, etc.) giving distinct vision obliquely, or all around, as well as, or instead of, in a direct line.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perishment — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- perjurious — the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- permission — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
- permissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- perovskite — a naturally occurring titanate of calcium, CaTiO 3 , found as yellow, brown, or black cubic crystals, usually in metamorphic rocks.