10-letter words containing a, n, p, h, r
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
- nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
- nomography — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- oropharynx — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- orphanhood — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- orpharions — Plural form of orpharion.
- orthopnoea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- panhandler — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- pantagraph — pantograph (def 1).
- pantheress — a female panther
- pantherine — resembling a panther in manner or appearance
- pantograph — Also, pantagraph. an instrument for the mechanical copying of plans, diagrams, etc., on any desired scale.
- pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
- paper-thin — extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade.
- paraphonia — a disorder of the voice, usually caused by disease
- paraphonic — of, relating to, or characterized by paraphonia
- parchingly — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parenchyma — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
- parischane — a parish
- park bench — a long seat made of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on, placed in a public place or open space in a town
- paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
- parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- petrarchan — of, relating to, or characteristic of the works of Petrarch.
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- phanerogam — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phantastry — a display of flamboyance or extravagance
- pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- pheromonal — relating to or constituting a pheromone
- 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.
- phonograph — any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- pinfeather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- planigraph — an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.
- planograph — (formerly) to print from a flat surface.
- pranidhana — (in Mahayana Buddhism) the resolution not to enter nirvana until all beings are ready to enter.
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.