10-letter words containing e, u, p, h, o
- mesohippus — any of a group of prehistoric horselike animals of the genus Mesohippus, which had three toes and which lived during the Oligocene epoch
- mouthpiece — a piece placed at or forming the mouth, as of a receptacle or tube.
- mugho pine — a prostrate, shrubby pine, Pinus mugo mugo, native to Europe, cultivated as an ornamental.
- museophile — One who loves museums.
- nautophone — an electrically operated horn for giving fog warnings.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- oesophagus — (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
- open house — a party or reception during which anyone who wishes may visit to share in a celebration, meet a special guest, etc.
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- pemphigous — of, relating to, or affected by pemphigus
- pest house — a house or hospital for persons infected with pestilential disease.
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pious hope — a wish or desire that is unlikely to be fulfilled
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- ploughable — able to be ploughed
- ploughgate — a measurement of ploughable land
- ploughhead — the draught iron of a plough
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- plume moth — one of a family (Pterophoridae) of slender-bodied micro moths with narrow wings, each usually divided into two, three, or four "plumes". The type is the white Pterophorus pentadactylus
- pole house — a timber house built on a steep section and supported by heavy debarked logs in long piles
- polyphemus — a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
- poop chute — anus or rectum
- post house — a house or inn keeping post horses.
- powerhouse — Electricity. a generating station.
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
- promethium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element. Symbol: Pm; atomic number: 61.
- pump house — a building where pumps and other pumping equipment have been installed
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- russophobe — a person who hates or fears Russia or the Russians.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- sousaphone — a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.
- south pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
- supermacho — extremely macho
- superphone — a telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer
- the plough — the group of the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa Major
- theophilus — a walled plain in the 4th quadrant of the face of the moon: about 65 miles (105 km) in diameter.
- theopneust — inspired by God or a god
- toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
- tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
- touch-type — to type by means of the touch system.
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- tripehound — an objectionable person