10-letter words containing a, p, h
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- halophiles — Plural form of halophile.
- halophilic — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- ham sth up — If actors or actresses ham it up, they exaggerate every emotion and gesture when they are acting, often deliberately because they think that the audience will be more amused.
- hammerkops — Plural form of hammerkop.
- hand press — a printing press requiring hand operation.
- hand-me-up — something, such as an item of electronic equipment, that is passed from a younger to an older member of a family
- hand-piece — handheld, power-operated shears used by a shearer
- hand-spike — a bar used as a lever.
- hand-spray — an attachment to a shower, sink unit, etc, that is not fixed in place but can instead be moved in order to aid washing
- handclasps — Plural form of handclasp.
- handphones — Plural form of handphone.
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- handspikes — Plural form of handspike.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- handy-pack — a pack of a product that is useful or convenient in some way, because, for example, it is easy to transport, or because it contains a variety of flavours, colours, etc
- hang it up — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hanky-pank — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- haphtaroth — Plural form of haphtarah.
- haplobiont — an organism, esp a plant, that exists in either the diploid form or the haploid form (but never alternates between these forms) during its life cycle
- haplogroup — Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.
- haplophase — the haploid portion of an organism's life cycle.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- happenings — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- happi coat — a Japanese lounging jacket with wide, loose sleeves and often an overlapping front closure usually tied with a sash.
- happy dust — cocaine.
- happy hour — a cocktail hour or longer period at a bar, during which drinks are served at reduced prices or with free snacks: happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m.
- happy talk — a style of news presentation characterized by cheerful commentary and informal conversation among anchors during newscasts
- happy-dust — cocaine.
- haptically — By means of touch.
- haptometer — a mechanical device for measuring the sense of touch.
- hard maple — the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
- hard paste — true porcelain, made with kaolin, feldspar, quartz, or petuntse.
- hard peach — a clingstone peach.
- hard power — the ability to achieve one's goals by force, esp military force
- harelipped — Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- harpooneer — A harpooner.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- harrumphed — to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.
- harrumpher — (informal) One who complains or moralizes.
- hartlepool — a seaport city in NE England.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hatshepsut — 1495–75 b.c, queen of Egypt.
- hawsepipes — Plural form of hawsepipe.
- hazard pay — danger money