10-letter words containing s, p, i
- phototaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phthisical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- physically — relating to the body or its appearance: He is not physically attractive.
- physicking — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- physiology — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
- pianissimo — very soft.
- pianistics — (used with a singular verb) the art or practice of playing the piano.
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- piccoloist — a person who plays the piccolo.
- pick basic — Data/BASIC
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pickedness — sharpness or the state of being pointed
- picnickers — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- picosecond — one trillionth of a second. Abbreviation: ps, psec.
- pictorials — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- picturised — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pied goose — magpie goose.
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
- piesporter — any of various white wines from the area around the village of Piesport in the Moselle valley in Germany
- pig island — New Zealand
- pig's ears — either of two common edible North American fungi, Peziza badia and Discina perlata.
- pig-sconce — a foolish person
- pigsticker — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pikes peak — a mountain in central Colorado: a peak of the Rocky Mountains. 14,108 feet (4300 meters).
- pikesville — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- pilastered — having, or supported by, pilasters.
- pilastrade — a row of pilasters.
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- pillarless — having no pillars or upright structural supports
- pillionist — a passenger riding on the pillion of a motorcycle
- pilliwinks — an old instrument of torture similar to the thumbscrew.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- pilot fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilot-fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pin-stripe — a very thin stripe, especially in fabrics.
- pincushion — a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.
- pine mouse — any of a widespread genus of voles, Pitymys, having small ears and a short tail; especially the American forest-dwelling mouse P. pinetorum.
- pine snake — any of several subspecies of bullsnake of the eastern and southeastern U.S., chiefly in pine woods: now threatened.
- pine straw — fallen pine needles.
- pink noise — a random signal within the audible frequency range whose amplitude decreases as frequency increases, maintaining constant audio power per frequency increment.
- pink slime — beef trimmings that have been ground and liquefied, used as a binder in minced beef and other meat products