10-letter words containing h, o, p, e, i
- haemophile — a haemophilic bacterium
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- halophiles — Plural form of halophile.
- 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.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- heliophile — Any organism that is attracted to large amounts of sunlight.
- heliophyte — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliopolis — Biblical name On. an ancient ruined city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- heliotrope — any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- hemianopia — any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemipteron — Alternative form of hemipteran.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hemophilia — any of several X-linked genetic disorders, symptomatic chiefly in males, in which excessive bleeding occurs owing to the absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood.
- 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.
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- hesperinos — vesper (def 3).
- heterophil — Also, heterophilic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen.
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierograph — sacred writing or characters
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- high hopes — great expectations
- high-power — (of a rifle) of a sufficiently high muzzle velocity and using a heavy enough bullet to kill large game.
- hilltopper — the top or summit of a hill.
- hip pocket — back pocket of trousers
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- 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
- hippomenes — the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- hippophile — one who loves horses.
- hippophobe — someone who hates horses
- 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.
- hop-picker — a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
- horse-whip — a whip for controlling horses.
- horsewhips — Plural form of horsewhip.