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10-letter words containing h, o, p, e

  • basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
  • be of help — If someone or something is of help, they make a situation easier or better.
  • beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
  • bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
  • biographee — a person whose biography has been written
  • biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
  • biospheric — relating to the biosphere
  • biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
  • bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
  • blue phlox — a plant, Phlox divaricata, of eastern North America, having creeping, rooting stems and mauve flowers.
  • bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
  • borah peak — a mountain in central Idaho, in the Lost River Range: highest peak in Idaho. 12,662 feet (3861 meters).
  • bread shop — a baker's shop
  • brokership — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
  • bsp method — (programming)   A CASE method from IBM.
  • cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
  • caecotroph — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.
  • calciphobe — calcifuge.
  • camphorate — to apply, treat with, or impregnate with camphor
  • canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
  • capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
  • cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
  • carpophore — the central column surrounded by carpels in such flowers as the geranium
  • cartophile — a cartophilist
  • cell phone — a mobile phone
  • cellophane — Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
  • censorship — Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
  • cephalonia — a mountainous island in the Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. Pop: 36 404 (2001). Area: 935 sq km (365 sq miles)
  • cephalopod — any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, characterized by well-developed head and eyes and a ring of sucker-bearing tentacles. The group also includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus
  • cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
  • chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
  • championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
  • channel op — (messaging)   /chan'l op/ (Or "op", "chan op", "chop") Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular IRC channel. These privileges include the right to kick users, to change various status bits and to make others into CHOPs. The full form, "channel operator", is almost never used.
  • chaparejos — chaps1
  • chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
  • chaperones — Plural form of chaperone.
  • chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
  • charophyte — any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.
  • cheap shot — A cheap shot is a comment someone makes which you think is unfair or unkind.
  • checkpoint — A checkpoint is a place where traffic is stopped so that it can be checked.
  • cheekpouch — (in animals such as the chipmunk) a dilatation of the cheek forming a bag
  • chemotroph — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
  • chickenpox — Chickenpox is a disease which gives you a high temperature and red spots that itch.
  • chime hoop — a hoop used to secure the chimes of a barrel.
  • chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
  • chokepoint — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
  • chomophyte — any plant that grows on rocky ledges or in fissures and crevices
  • chop-house — a restaurant specializing in chop, steaks, and the like.
  • chopfallen — chapfallen
  • chophouses — Plural form of chophouse.
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