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10-letter words containing t, i, p, l

  • pilot tape — Television. pilot (def 9).
  • 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-tailed — having a tapered tail with long, pointed central feathers.
  • pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
  • pipex ltd. — UUNET PIPEX
  • pistillate — having a pistil or pistils.
  • pistillode — a sterile pistil, or one with a simple structure and reduced size and function
  • 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).
  • pitch line — pitch circle.
  • pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
  • pitilessly — feeling or showing no pity; merciless: pitiless criticism of his last novel.
  • pittsfield — a city in W Massachusetts.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • plant city — a city in W Florida.
  • plant life — vegetation, flora
  • plantation — a town in S Florida.
  • 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
  • plate rail — a rail or narrow shelf fixed along a wall to hold plates, especially for ornament or display.
  • 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.
  • platinated — to platinize.
  • plauditory — approving or laudatory
  • play dirty — use unfair or dishonest tactics
  • playacting — to engage in make-believe.
  • playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
  • playwright — a writer of plays; dramatist.
  • plebiscite — a direct vote of the qualified voters of a state in regard to some important public question.
  • pleiotropy — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
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