10-letter words containing h, a, p, y
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- pratyahara — the Yogic practice of turning the mind to introspection by voluntarily shutting out distractions provided by the senses.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- psychopath — a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- pyracantha — firethorn.
- pyrography — the process of burning designs on wood, leather, etc., with a heated tool.
- pyrophobia — an abnormal fear of fire.
- pyrrophyta — a phylum in the kingdom Protista comprising the dinoflagellates and cryptomonads.
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- renography — x-ray examination of the kidney following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- rhinophyma — a red-coloured bump or bumps on the nose which form as a result of enlarged sebaceous glands and rosacea
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- scampishly — in a scampish manner
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- scyphozoan — any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- shaggy cap — an edible inky-cap mushroom, Coprinus comatus, having an elongated, shaggy pileus.
- sharp-eyed — having keen sight or perception.
- slap happy — severely befuddled; punch-drunk: a slaphappy boxer.
- slap-happy — severely befuddled; punch-drunk: a slaphappy boxer.
- sleepyhead — a sleepy person.
- snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- sparkishly — in a sparkish manner
- speech day — In some British schools, speech day is a day, usually at the end of the school year, when prizes are presented to pupils and speeches are made by guest speakers and the head teacher.
- spreaghery — the activity or crime of raiding cattle
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- superheavy — Chemistry, Physics. pertaining to any of a series of elements having an atomic number greater than 103.
- sycophancy — self-seeking or servile flattery.
- sympathies — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
- sympathise — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- sympathize — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- symphysial — of, relating to, or noting a symphysis.
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- tachygraph — tachygraphic writing.
- tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- tautophony — the repetition of a sound
- telegraphy — the art or practice of constructing or operating telegraphs.
- tomography — a machine for making an x-ray of a selected plane of the body.
- topography — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- tryptophan — an essential amino acid, (C 8 H 6 N)CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, colorless, crystalline, and aromatic, released from proteins by tryptic digestion and a precursor of serotonin. Symbol: W. Abbreviation: Trp;
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae