10-letter words containing h, i, p, s, t
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypostasis — Metaphysics. something that stands under and supports; foundation. the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes; substance, essence, or essential principle.
- hypostatic — of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
- hypothesis — a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
- imposthume — (obsolete) an abscess.
- internship — the state or condition of being an intern.
- interphase — the period of the cell cycle during which the nucleus is not undergoing division, typically occurring between mitotic or meiotic divisions. Also called interkinesis. Compare G1 phase, S phase, G2 phase.
- intraphase — (chemistry, physics) Within a phase.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- jump-shift — a jump bid in a suit different from the suit just bid by one's partner.
- kinesipath — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- knightship — The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
- l'hospital — Guillaume François Antoine de [gee-yohm frahn-swa ahn-twan duh] /giˈyoʊm frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1661–1704, French mathematician.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- lightships — Plural form of lightship.
- lightspeed — The speed of light.
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- metaphasic — Relating to metaphase.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metaphysis — (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
- mothership — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- motor ship — a ship propelled by an internal-combustion engine or engines
- multiphase — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nightspots — Plural form of nightspot.
- oophoritis — inflammation of an ovary, usually combined with an inflammation of the Fallopian tubes; ovaritis.
- open sight — (on a firearm) a rear sight consisting of a notch across which the gunner aligns the front sight on the target.
- orthoepist — the study of correct pronunciation.
- orthoprism — a prism which has faces parallel to its vertical axis
- orthoptics — a method of exercising the eye and its muscles in order to cure strabismus or improve vision.
- orthoptist — One who practices orthoptics.
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- parathesis — the placing of grammatically parallel words or phrases together; apposition
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pastorship — the position, authority, or office of a pastor.
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- patriarchs — the male head of a family or tribal line.
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- peep sight — a plate containing a small hole through which a gunner peeps in sighting.