10-letter words containing h, i, p, o, c
- endophytic — Of or relating to an endophyte.
- enphytotic — (of plant diseases) causing a constant amount of damage each year
- entophytic — relating to an entophyte
- epimorphic — (zoology, of an insect larva) That becomes segmented prior to hatching.
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- europhobic — hostile to Europe, Europeans, or the European Union
- exospheric — Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- genophobic — Relating to or characteristic of genophobia or genophobes.
- geographic — of or relating to geography.
- geomorphic — of or relating to the form of the earth or the forms of its surface.
- geophysics — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- gill pouch — branchial pouch.
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- gynophobic — relating to a dread or hatred of women
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- halophilic — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- happi coat — a Japanese lounging jacket with wide, loose sleeves and often an overlapping front closure usually tied with a sash.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemophilic — characteristic of or affected by hemophilia.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- hip pocket — back pocket of trousers
- hippocampi — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holotropic — Oriented or moving towards wholeness.
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- homophilic — (immunology) that reacts only with a specific antigen.
- homophobic — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homophonic — having the same sound.
- homophoric — Relating to homophora.
- hop-picker — a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hydroponic — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.