10-letter words containing a, c, h, i, p
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- halophilic — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- hand-piece — handheld, power-operated shears used by a shearer
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- happi coat — a Japanese lounging jacket with wide, loose sleeves and often an overlapping front closure usually tied with a sash.
- haptically — By means of touch.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- headpieces — Plural form of headpiece.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of seven lines or verses.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- high place — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- hippiatric — relating or belonging to the treatment of disease in horses
- hippocampi — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hyperbaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hypobaric.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hypnagogic — of or relating to drowsiness.
- hypoactive — Less than normally active.
- hypocapnia — (medicine) A state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypostatic — of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
- hypotactic — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- idiopathic — of unknown cause, as a disease.
- impeaching — Present participle of impeach.
- in a pinch — if necessary
- inch plant — any of several creeping or sprawling tropical American plants of the genus Callisia, having sometimes fragrant flowers in a variety of colors.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isographic — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- kataphatic — Alternative form of cataphatic.
- lunch-pail — lunchbox.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- metaphasic — Relating to metaphase.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).