10-letter words containing h, o, p, e
- chopped-up — cut into pieces
- choppiness — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- choropleth — a symbol or marked and bounded area on a map denoting the distribution of some property
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- chronopher — an instrument for transmitting time signals electronically.
- clodhopper — a clumsy person; lout
- clomiphene — a drug that stimulates the production of egg cells in the ovary: used to treat infertility in women
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- coffeeshop — Alternative form of coffee shop.
- coheirship — The state of being a coheir.
- collophane — a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
- collophore — a ventral tubelike structure on the abdomen of a springtail.
- compelleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compel.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- copenhagen — the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est)
- copperhead — a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- copyholder — one who reads aloud from the copy as the proof corrector follows the reading in the proof
- cormophyte — any of the Cormophyta, a major division (now obsolete) of plants having a stem, root, and leaves: includes the mosses, ferns, and seed plants
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- cryosphere — All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- ctenophore — any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's-girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- deep south — The Deep South consists of the states that are furthest south in the United States.
- deepthroat — To perform fellatio or irrumation on a man so that his entire penis is inside the mouth.
- delphinoid — a member of the genus Delphinoidea, of which dolphins and porpoises are members
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.
- dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
- dentiphone — (dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
- depot ship — a ship providing supplies and facilities for other vessels or naval bases
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- diaphorase — a flavoprotein enzyme operating in mitochondria, acting as a catalyst in the process of dye reduction or oxidation
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dienophile — (organic chemistry) A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- diphosgene — a colorless liquid, C 2 Cl 4 O 2 , usually derived from methyl formate or methyl chloroformate by chlorination: a World War I poison gas now used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- diplophase — the diploid part of an organism's life cycle.
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- disphenoid — bisphenoid.
- docentship — privatdocent.
- dope sheet — a bulletin or list including the names of entries in various horse races, and including information on each entry, as the name, jockey, and past performances.
- dope-sheet — a racing form, esp. one dealing with a program of races at one track
- dyophysite — the presence of the divine and human natures in Jesus Christ