10-letter words containing h, o, p, l
- encephalon — The brain.
- eosinophil — A white blood cell containing granules that are readily stained by eosin.
- esophageal — Pertaining to the esophagus.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- europhilia — The love of Europe, Europeans, or European culture.
- fellowship — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- fleahopper — either of two varieties of small, jumping insects which feed on crops and garden plants. The two main varieties are the garden fleahopper Halticus bractatus and the cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus
- flip phone — mobile telephone: clam-shell style
- flophouses — Plural form of flophouse.
- fluorophor — Alternative form of fluorophore.
- followship — the practice of doing what other people suggest, rather than taking the lead
- foodophile — (informal) A food lover.
- geophilous — Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- gill pouch — branchial pouch.
- glove shop — a shop that sells gloves
- glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- graphalloy — a compound of graphite impregnated with Babbitt metal, bronze, copper, gold, etc., used as a low-friction material.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- graphology — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- gypsophila — any plant belonging to the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family, native to Mediterranean regions, having small, panicled, pink or white flowers, as baby's breath.
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- haemolymph — the blood-like fluid of invertebrates
- haemophile — a haemophilic bacterium
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- halophiles — Plural form of halophile.
- halophilic — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- haplobiont — an organism, esp a plant, that exists in either the diploid form or the haploid form (but never alternates between these forms) during its life cycle
- haplogroup — Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.
- haplophase — the haploid portion of an organism's life cycle.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- hartlepool — a seaport city in NE England.
- 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
- hellespont — ancient name of the Dardanelles.
- 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.