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

  • 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.
  • pleiotropy — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
  • pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
  • pleonectic — characterized by pleonexia
  • pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
  • pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
  • poetically — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
  • point lace — lace made with a needle rather than with bobbins; needlepoint.
  • polemicist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
  • polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
  • politeness — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
  • politicize — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
  • polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
  • polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
  • polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
  • polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
  • polyhalite — a type or pink or red mineral
  • polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
  • polytheist — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
  • ponticello — a bridge on a stringed instrument
  • ponytailed — having a ponytail
  • poplinette — a poplin-like fabric
  • portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
  • portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
  • positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
  • postexilic — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • postillate — to annotate, to postil
  • potbellied — Someone, usually a man, who is potbellied has a potbelly.
  • potentilla — any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowers
  • pottsville — a city in E Pennsylvania.
  • power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
  • pratincole — any of several limicoline birds of the genus Glareola, of the Eastern Hemisphere, having a short bill, long, narrow, pointed wings, and a forked tail.
  • prelection — to lecture or discourse publicly.
  • problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
  • proclinate — (of a part) directed or inclined forward.
  • productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
  • profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
  • profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
  • profligate — utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
  • projectile — an object fired from a gun with an explosive propelling charge, such as a bullet, shell, rocket, or grenade.
  • prosilient — prominent
  • protrusile — capable of being thrust forth or extended, as the tongue of a hummingbird.
  • psilophyte — any plant that is adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
  • pterylosis — the arrangement of feathers on a bird
  • ptolemaist — an adherent or advocate of the Ptolemaic system of astronomy.
  • ptolemy ii — (surnamed Philadelphus) 309?–247? b.c, king of Egypt 285–247? (son of Ptolemy I).
  • puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
  • pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
  • replicator — Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or nanobot. It is even claimed by some that Unix and C are the symbiotic halves of an extremely successful replicator; see Unix conspiracy.
  • replotting — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
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