10-letter words containing h, o, n, g
- phosphagen — a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.
- 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.
- phrenology — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- pigeonhole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- piping hot — pipes collectively; a system or network of pipes.
- planograph — (formerly) to print from a flat surface.
- ploughland — land that is ploughed for growing crops
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- psychogony — the development or origin of the soul or mind
- push along — to go away
- pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.
- renography — x-ray examination of the kidney following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- rhizogenic — producing roots, as certain cells.
- right join — outer join
- 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.
- rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
- rodfishing — angling or fishing using a fishing rod
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- rough-hewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
- schizogony — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of a trophozoite or schizont into merozoites.
- schoenberg — Arnold (ˈarnɔlt). 1874–1951, Austrian composer and musical theorist, in the US after 1933. The harmonic idiom of such early works as the string sextet Verklärte Nacht (1899) gave way to his development of atonality, as in the song cycle Pierrot Lunaire (1912), and later of the twelve-tone technique. He wrote many choral, orchestral, and chamber works and the unfinished opera Moses and Aaron
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- schooligan — a person of school age who engages in acts of public disorder
- shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shoestring — a shoelace.
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- shot angle — the angle from which a shot is taken
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- shotmaking — the playing of good shots (by a sports player)
- shoutingly — by way of shouting
- showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- showground — outdoor events venue
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- sighthound — gazehound.
- singlehood — the status of being unmarried.
- siphonogam — a plant that is pollinated by siphonogamy
- slung shot — a weight, as a stone or a piece of metal, fastened to a short strap, chain, or the like, and used as a weapon.
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- snowplough — A snowplough is a vehicle which is used to push snow off roads or railway lines.
- somethings — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- song sheet — A song sheet is a piece of paper with the words to one or more songs printed on it. Song sheets are given to groups of people at occasions when they are expected to sing together.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- soothingly — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.