10-letter words containing p, l, a, s, i
- graspingly — In a grasping manner.
- gypsophila — any plant belonging to the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family, native to Mediterranean regions, having small, panicled, pink or white flowers, as baby's breath.
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- halophiles — Plural form of halophile.
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hypoplasia — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- impaludism — a diseased state affecting the inhabitants of marshy areas
- impassable — not passable; not allowing passage over, through, along, etc.: Heavy snow made the roads impassable.
- impassably — In an impassable manner.
- impassible — incapable of suffering pain.
- impassibly — In an impassible manner.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- implicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate.
- in plaster — If you have a leg or arm in plaster, you have a cover made of plaster of Paris around your leg or arm, in order to protect a broken bone and allow it to mend.
- inculpates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculpate.
- inspirable — capable of being inspired.
- interplays — Plural form of interplay.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- irish pale — pale2 (def 6).
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- iso pascal — A Lex scanner and Yacc parser are in the comp.sources.unix volume 13 archive.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isopluvial — a line on a map connecting places registering the same amount of precipitation or rainfall
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- kannapolis — a town in W North Carolina.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals
- l'hospital — Guillaume François Antoine de [gee-yohm frahn-swa ahn-twan duh] /giˈyoʊm frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1661–1704, French mathematician.
- lagniappes — Plural form of lagniappe.
- lampoonist — One who lampoons.
- lapidaries — Plural form of lapidary.
- lapidarist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lapidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lapidify.
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- lexiphanes — Plural form of lexiphane.
- life space — a spatial representation of all the forces that control a person's behaviour
- line space — (on a typewriter, typesetter, printer, or the like) the horizontal space provided for a line of typing, typesetting, printing, etc.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lisp-linda — P. Dourish, U Edinburgh 1988.
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.