10-letter words containing h, o, p, l
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hyperploid — having a chromosome number that is greater than but not a multiple of the diploid number.
- hypoblasts — Plural form of hypoblast.
- hypocotyls — Plural form of hypocotyl.
- hypodermal — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypolimnia — Plural form of hypolimnion.
- hypolithic — growing beneath rocks.
- hypolydian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D
- hypomotile — Less than usually motile.
- hypoplasia — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hypoptilum — (ornithology) An aftershaft.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- hypsophyll — a leaf located beneath a spore-bearing leaf
- iconophile — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- indophenol — a quinonimine derivative that is the parent substance of the blue and green indophenol dyes.
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- italophile — a person who admires Italian customs, traditions, etc.
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- l'hospital — Guillaume François Antoine de [gee-yohm frahn-swa ahn-twan duh] /giˈyoʊm frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1661–1704, French mathematician.
- 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.).
- lagomorphs — Plural form of lagomorph.
- 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.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leech rope — a boltrope along a leech.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- lhasa apso — one of a breed of small terriers having a long, heavy coat, raised in Tibet as watchdogs.
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lipophilic — having a strong affinity for lipids.
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- lithophile — (of a chemical element) concentrated in the earth's crust, rather than in the core or mantle.
- lithophone — a Chinese stone chime consisting of 16 stone slabs hung in two rows and struck with a hammer.
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- lithoprint — Now Rare. to lithograph.
- logographs — Plural form of logograph.
- logography — printing with logotypes.
- logogriphs — Plural form of logogriph.
- logophilia — The love of words and word games.