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10-letter words containing a, e, r, o, p, h

  • phlebogram — venogram.
  • phloem ray — a vascular ray extending into or located entirely within the secondary phloem.
  • phone card — calling card (def 3).
  • phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
  • phylloxera — any of several plant lice of the genus Phylloxera, especially P. vitifoliae (grape phylloxera) which attacks the leaves and roots of grapevines.
  • pileorhiza — a calyptra
  • polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
  • preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
  • promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
  • radiophare — a radiotelegraphic station used by vessels to determine their positions; radio beacon.
  • radiophone — a radiotelephone.
  • reapproach — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
  • renography — x-ray examination of the kidney following injection of a radiopaque substance.
  • reproached — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
  • rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
  • rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
  • rhodophane — the red colour found in the inner cones of the retina in animals
  • rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
  • saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
  • semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
  • share shop — A share shop is a shop or Internet website where members of the public can buy shares in companies.
  • shopwalker — a floorwalker.
  • shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
  • smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
  • sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
  • spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
  • stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
  • supermacho — extremely macho
  • thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
  • top-hamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
  • touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
  • trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
  • vectograph — a technology that uses special glasses to see a photographic image between two plastic sheets as three dimensional
  • venography — x-ray examination of a vein or veins following injection of a radiopaque substance.
  • vibraphone — vibraharp.
  • xenography — The process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.
  • xerography — an electrostatic printing process for copying text or graphics whereby areas on a sheet of paper corresponding to the image areas of the original are sensitized with a charge of static electricity so that, when powdered with a toner carrying an opposite charge, only the charged areas retain the toner, which is then fused to the paper to make it permanent.
  • xerophagia — The eating of dry food.
  • xerophobia — A fear of dryness.
  • zaporozhye — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
  • zootherapy — the use of therapeutic drugs derived from animals
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