10-letter words containing t, a, p, l
- pilot tape — Television. pilot (def 9).
- pin-tailed — having a tapered tail with long, pointed central feathers.
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- pistillate — having a pistil or pistils.
- pit sample — a sample of new steel taken for chemical analysis during teeming.
- pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
- pixelating — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- pixelation — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- pixellated — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- pixilation — the state or quality of being pixilated.
- placentate — having a placenta.
- plagiarist — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plain knit — the simplest knitted construction, consisting of vertical ribs visible on the front of the fabric and horizontal rows of stitches visible on the back, used in the production of hosiery and jersey fabrics.
- plain suit — a suit other than the trump suit.
- plain text — the intelligible original message of a cryptogram, as opposed to the coded or enciphered version.
- plainchant — plainsong (defs 1, 2).
- plaintless — without complaint
- planchette — a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc.
- plane tree — any tree of the genus Platanus, especially P. occidentalis, the buttonwood or sycamore of North America, having palmately lobed leaves and bark that sheds.
- planet zog — a place or situation that is far removed from reality or what is currently happening
- planetical — planetary
- planetlike — resembling a planet or planets
- planetwide — relating to or affecting a whole planet
- planimeter — an instrument for measuring mechanically the area of plane figures.
- planimetry — the measurement of plane areas.
- planktonic — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- planoblast — the medusa of a hydroid.
- planometer — surface plate.
- plant city — a city in W Florida.
- plant cost — the cost to a business of mechanical equipment
- plant food — nourishment, as fertilizer or chemicals, for plants.
- plant life — vegetation, flora
- plantation — a town in S Florida.
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- 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
- plastidial — relating to a plastid
- plastidule — a small particle of protoplasm
- plastilina — a non-drying, oil-based modeling material
- plastogamy — the fusion of multiple cells without the fusion of their nuclei
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- plate mark — hallmark.
- plate rack — a rack where you put plates after you have washed them or to store them
- plate rail — a rail or narrow shelf fixed along a wall to hold plates, especially for ornament or display.
- plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
- plateauing — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- plateglass — designating a kind of glass used for windows