10-letter words containing g, o, t, h
- overbright — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- overflight — an air flight that passes over a specific area, country, or territory: Overflights of foreign aircraft are closely monitored.
- overgrowth — a growth overspreading or covering something.
- overlength — excessiveness of length
- overmighty — too forceful
- overtaught — taught to excess
- overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- 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
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- pathognomy — the study of the symptoms or characteristics of a disease; diagnosis.
- pathologic — of or relating to pathology.
- petroglyph — a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- petrograph — petroglyph.
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phlegethon — Also called Pyriphlegethon. Classical Mythology. a river of fire, one of five rivers surrounding Hades.
- phlogistic — Pathology. inflammatory.
- phlogiston — a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
- phlogopite — a magnesium-rich mica mineral, usually yellowish-brown, but sometimes reddish-brown.
- phosgenite — a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.
- photoaging — damage to the skin, as wrinkles or discoloration, caused by prolonged exposure to sunlight.
- photogenic — forming an attractive subject for photography or having features that look well in a photograph: a photogenic face.
- photoglyph — an engraved plate, produced by the action of light, and from which prints or impressions are taken
- photograph — a picture produced by photography.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- pictograph — pictogram
- piping hot — pipes collectively; a system or network of pipes.
- ploughgate — a measurement of ploughable land
- postflight — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a flight
- pro-growth — favoring or advocating the commercial development or exploitation of land and other natural resources, especially with minimal government restriction and regulation.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.
- regal moth — a large moth, Citheronia regalis, having yellow spots on gray to olive forewings and on orange-red hind wings.
- right join — outer join
- rightabout — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- ring shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- roof light — a window built into a roof to admit light and ventilation
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- scotch egg — British Cookery. a hard-boiled egg encased in sausage meat, breaded, and deep-fried.
- shoestring — a shoelace.
- shop right — the right of an employer to use an employee's invention without compensating the employee for the use, in cases where the invention was made at the place of and during the hours of employment.
- short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- shortgrass — any of several range grasses of short stature, as buffalo grass, prevalent in semiarid regions of the Great Plains.
- shot angle — the angle from which a shot is taken
- shot glass — a small, heavy glass for serving a shot of whiskey or liquor.
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- shotmaking — the playing of good shots (by a sports player)