10-letter words containing a, p, h
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phomvihane — Kaysone (ˈkaɪsɒn). 1920–92, Laotian Communist statesman; prime minister of Laos (1975–91); president (1991–92)
- phone call — telephone call
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- phone mail — voice mail
- phone-jack — to steal the mobile phone from (a person)
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- 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.
- phonically — of or relating to speech sounds.
- phonograph — any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
- phosphagen — a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- phossy jaw — gangrenous condition of the lower jawbone
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- photoaging — damage to the skin, as wrinkles or discoloration, caused by prolonged exposure to sunlight.
- photodrama — photoplay.
- photoflash — flashbulb.
- photograph — a picture produced by photography.
- photomural — a wall decoration consisting of a very large photograph or photographs.
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- photopathy — movement of an organism in response to the intensity of light, especially away from the source of light.
- photophase — a phase of light in a cycle of light and dark
- phototaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- phraseless — lacking in a phrase or phrases
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phthisical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- phylloclad — cladophyll
- phyllotaxy — the arrangement of leaves on a stem or axis.
- phylloxera — any of several plant lice of the genus Phylloxera, especially P. vitifoliae (grape phylloxera) which attacks the leaves and roots of grapevines.
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- physically — relating to the body or its appearance: He is not physically attractive.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pichiciago — any of several small armadillos of the genera Chalmyphorus and Burmeisteria, of southern South America.
- picnic ham — a section of boned and smoked pork shoulder
- pictograph — pictogram
- pig-headed — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- pileorhiza — a calyptra
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- pinfeather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
- pitch-dark — dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.
- pitchwoman — a female pitchman
- plainchant — plainsong (defs 1, 2).
- planchette — a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc.