10-letter words containing h, o, m, p, i
- hemophilic — characteristic of or affected by hemophilia.
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- hemophobia — an abnormal fear of blood.
- hemoptysis — the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.
- hippocampi — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hippodrome — an arena or structure for equestrian and other spectacles.
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hippomania — A passion for horses.
- hippomenes — the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hipsterdom — The state of being a hipster.
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- homophiles — Plural form of homophile.
- homophilia — (dated) homosexuality.
- homophilic — (immunology) that reacts only with a specific antigen.
- homophobia — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homophobic — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homophonic — having the same sound.
- homophoric — Relating to homophora.
- hyperosmia — an abnormally acute sense of smell.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hypocorism — a pet name.
- hypodermic — characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin: hypodermic injection.
- hypodermis — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypolimnia — Plural form of hypolimnion.
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hypomotile — Less than usually motile.
- hypoptilum — (ornithology) An aftershaft.
- hypothymia — a state of depression
- hypoxaemia — Alternative spelling of hypoxemia.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- imposthume — (obsolete) an abscess.
- impoverish — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- isomorphic — Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- lymphokine — any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the immune response through its effect on the function of other cells, as destroying antigen-coated cells or stimulating macrophages.
- mazopathia — any disease of the placenta.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
- menophania — menarche.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mesohippus — any of a group of prehistoric horselike animals of the genus Mesohippus, which had three toes and which lived during the Oligocene epoch
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- microchips — Plural form of microchip.
- micrograph — an instrument for executing extremely minute writing or engraving.