10-letter words containing a, p, t, h
- 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).
- 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.
- phyllotaxy — the arrangement of leaves on a stem or axis.
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- 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.
- pictograph — pictogram
- 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.
- plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
- playwright — a writer of plays; dramatist.
- ploughgate — a measurement of ploughable land
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- pohutukawa — a myrtaceous New Zealand tree, Metrosideros excelsa, with red flowers and hard red wood
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polyhalite — a type or pink or red mineral
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- poppethead — a tailstock or headstock of a lathe.
- post-haste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- pratyahara — the Yogic practice of turning the mind to introspection by voluntarily shutting out distractions provided by the senses.
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- pretheatre — occurring before a visit to the theatre
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- protohuman — of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychopath — a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- pt teacher — a teacher of Physical Training
- push about — to bully; keep telling (a person) what to do in a bossy manner
- push plate — a rectangular protective plate of metal, plastic, ceramic, or other material applied vertically to the lock stile of a door.
- push-start — to start (a motor vehicle) by pushing it while it is in gear, thus turning the engine
- pyracantha — firethorn.
- pyrrophyta — a phylum in the kingdom Protista comprising the dinoflagellates and cryptomonads.