10-letter words containing a, s, h, y
- kitakyushu — a seaport on N Kyushu, in S Japan: formed in 1963 by the merger of five cities (Kokura, Moji, Tobata, Wakamatsu, and Yawata)
- kok-saghyz — a central Asian dandelion, Taraxacum kok-saghyz, of the composite family, having fleshy roots that yield a rubberlike latex.
- kshatriyas — Plural form of kshatriya.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- labyrinths — Plural form of labyrinth.
- lachrymals — Plural form of lachrymal.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- mastopathy — any disease of the breast.
- matryoshka — Each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metaphysis — (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
- methylates — Plural form of methylate.
- mushy peas — dried peas that have been soaked, boiled and mashed - often eaten with fish and chips
- myasthenia — muscle weakness.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- mysophilia — a pathological attraction to dirt or filth.
- mysophobia — a dread of dirt or filth.
- mythmakers — Plural form of mythmaker.
- mythoclast — a destroyer or debunker of myths.
- nappy rash — If a baby has nappy rash, the skin under its nappy is red and sore.
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- 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
- 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.
- overrashly — in an overrash manner
- paraphyses — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
- paraphysis — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
- 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.
- pasigraphy — a system of writing intelligible to persons of all languages; a universal language
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- phantastry — a display of flamboyance or extravagance
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phossy jaw — gangrenous condition of the lower jawbone
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- 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.
- 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.
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.