10-letter words containing a, p, o, h, y
- monography — A monograph.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- myoatrophy — atrophy of muscle.
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- myotherapy — A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
- mysophilia — a pathological attraction to dirt or filth.
- mysophobia — a dread of dirt or filth.
- mythopoeia — a mythopoeic act, circumstance, characteristic, etc.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- nomography — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- nostopathy — a fear of returning home, often observed in those who have been in institutions such as prison or hospital for a long time
- oligophagy — the condition of feeding on a limited range of foodstuffs, esp plants
- ophiolatry — the worship of snakes.
- opotherapy — organotherapy.
- oropharynx — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- orthopraxy — correctness or orthodoxy of action or practice.
- osteopathy — a therapeutic system originally based upon the premise that manipulation of the muscles and bones to promote structural integrity could restore or preserve health: current osteopathic physicians use the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of conventional medicine as well as manipulative measures.
- over-happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- pantophagy — the consumption of all types of food
- paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
- pathognomy — the study of the symptoms or characteristics of a disease; diagnosis.
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- philomathy — an enjoyment of and passion for learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- phloem ray — a vascular ray extending into or located entirely within the secondary phloem.
- 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.
- phossy jaw — gangrenous condition of the lower jawbone
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- play havoc — to cause a great deal of damage, distress, or confusion (to)
- play hooky — play truant, be absent from school
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- playschool — preschool, nursery school
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polygraphy — a code
- polyhalite — a type or pink or red mineral
- polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
- polyhymnia — the Muse of sacred music and dance.
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.