10-letter words containing a, t, h, e, o, p
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- home plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
- homeopathy — the method of treating disease by drugs, given in minute doses, that would produce in a healthy person symptoms similar to those of the disease (opposed to allopathy).
- homoeopath — Alternative spelling of homeopath.
- homopteran — homopterous.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hyetograph — a map or chart showing the average rainfall for the localities represented.
- hypaethron — a part of a building or court which is open to the sky
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hyphenator — One who, or that which, hyphenates.
- hypoactive — Less than normally active.
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypostases — Metaphysics. something that stands under and supports; foundation. the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes; substance, essence, or essential principle.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- italophile — a person who admires Italian customs, traditions, etc.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- myotherapy — A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
- mythopoeia — a mythopoeic act, circumstance, characteristic, etc.
- nautophone — an electrically operated horn for giving fog warnings.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- not a hope — used ironically to express little confidence that expectations will be fulfilled
- on the pad — a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- opotherapy — organotherapy.
- orthopnoea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- 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.
- palaeolith — a stone tool dating to the Palaeolithic