10-letter words containing h, o, p, e, a
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypostases — Metaphysics. something that stands under and supports; foundation. the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes; substance, essence, or essential principle.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- hypoxaemia — Alternative spelling of hypoxemia.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- hypozeugma — the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- italophile — a person who admires Italian customs, traditions, etc.
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- lampholder — a fixture for an electric light bulb
- leafhopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- lymphodema — (pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- mareograph — marigraph.
- megaphoned — Simple past tense and past participle of megaphone.
- megaphones — Plural form of megaphone.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
- menophania — menarche.
- mesoscaphe — a mid-20th century vessel lowered into the sea to a moderate depth for the purpose of underwater exploration
- 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).
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- myotherapy — A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
- mythopoeia — a mythopoeic act, circumstance, characteristic, etc.
- nalorphine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 3 , used to nullify respiratory depression due to narcotics and for the diagnosis of addiction to narcotics.
- nanosphere — A nanoscale sphere.
- nautophone — an electrically operated horn for giving fog warnings.
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nephograph — an instrument for photographing clouds
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- not a hope — used ironically to express little confidence that expectations will be fulfilled
- oenophilia — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- oenophobia — The fear of wine; anxiety related to wine.