10-letter words containing a, p, t, h
- notaphilic — of or pertaining to notaphily
- on the pad — a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- ophiolatry — the worship of snakes.
- ophthalmia — inflammation of the eye, especially of its membranes or external structures.
- ophthalmic — of or relating to the eye; ocular.
- ophthalmo- — indicating the eye or the eyeball
- opotherapy — organotherapy.
- optophobia — The fear of opening one's eyes.
- orthograph — An orthographic projection.
- orthopnoea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthopraxy — correctness or orthodoxy of action or practice.
- orthoptera — Any of very many four-winged insects, of the order Orthoptera, such as grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.
- 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.
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- packthread — a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
- page three — a feature found on the third page of the British tabloid newspaper The Sun, consisting of a photograph of a female model with naked breasts
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- palaeolith — a stone tool dating to the Palaeolithic
- panama hat — a hat made of finely plaited young leaves of the jipijapa, a palmlike plant of Central and South America.
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
- pantagraph — pantograph (def 1).
- pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
- pantheress — a female panther
- pantherine — resembling a panther in manner or appearance
- pantograph — Also, pantagraph. an instrument for the mechanical copying of plans, diagrams, etc., on any desired scale.
- pantophagy — the consumption of all types of food
- pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
- paper-thin — extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade.
- paperwhite — polyanthus (sense 2)
- parachutic — involving a parachute
- paraphrast — a person who paraphrases.
- pararthria — incoherence or disorder of speech
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- parathesis — the placing of grammatically parallel words or phrases together; apposition
- parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
- party whip — whip (def 21).
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pastorship — the position, authority, or office of a pastor.
- patch cord — a short cord with a plug at each end, or a plug at one end and a pair of clips at the other, used for temporarily connecting two pieces of equipment or signal paths.
- patch reef — an isolated coral growth forming a small platform in a lagoon, barrier reef, or atoll.
- patch test — Medicine/Medical. a test for suspected allergy by application to the skin of a patch impregnated with an allergen: allergic reaction is indicated by redness at the site of application.
- patchboard — a device with a large number of sockets into which electrical plugs can be inserted to form many different temporary circuits: used in telephone exchanges, computer systems, etc
- patchcocke — a clown
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- patchstand — a small tazza.
- pathet lao — the Communist nationalist group that took over the government of Laos in 1975 after two decades of civil war.