10-letter words containing a, p, h
- petrarchan — of, relating to, or characteristic of the works of Petrarch.
- petrograph — petroglyph.
- petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
- pettichaps — any of the warblers that belongs to the family Sylviinae
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- ph balance — a method of expressing the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution
- phaelonion — an item of religious clothing, worn in the Eastern Church, and taking the form of a garment without sleeves for the upper body, rather like a chasuble
- phagedaena — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phagedenic — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phagomania — a compulsive desire to eat
- phalangeal — of or relating to a phalanx.
- phalangist — a member of a Lebanese Christian paramilitary organization founded in 1936 and originally based on similar ideas to the fascist Falange in Spain
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- phalloidin — a peptide toxin, responsible for the toxicity of the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides
- 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).
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- phantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- phantasmal — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phantasmic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phantastry — a display of flamboyance or extravagance
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- pharisaism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
- pharmacol. — pharmacology
- pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
- phase rule — a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three phases, has no degrees of freedom. Compare variance (def 4).
- phatically — in a phatic manner
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phenacaine — a compound, C 1 8 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , usually used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic for the eye.
- phenacetin — a white, slightly water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 2 , used in medicine chiefly as an agent for checking or preventing fever or for relieving pain: withdrawn because of unfavorable side effects.
- phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
- phenomenal — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- pheromonal — relating to or constituting a pheromone
- phialiform — having a form like that of a saucer
- philatelic — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- philippian — a ruined city in NE Greece, in Macedonia: Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius here, 42 b.c.; the site of one of the first Christian churches in Europe, founded by St. Paul.
- philippina — a German custom in which nuts containing two kernels are saved and one of these double kernels (called a philippina) is given to a person of the opposite sex. The next time the two people meet, the first one who calls 'philippina' must be bought a present (also called a philippina) by the other
- philistian — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- philomathy — an enjoyment of and passion for learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- philoxenia — an act of hospitableness and welcome
- phlebogram — venogram.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- phloem ray — a vascular ray extending into or located entirely within the secondary phloem.
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phoenician — a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.