10-letter words containing h, p, a, u
- duennaship — The role or status of duenna.
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- epiphanous — showing an epiphany
- euphausiid — A shrimp-like planktonic marine crustacean of an order which includes krill.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- euphorbias — Plural form of euphorbia.
- euphoriant — A drug which produces feelings of euphoria.
- europhilia — The love of Europe, Europeans, or European culture.
- europhobia — dislike for or hostility to Europe, Europeans, or the European Union
- exophagous — (of an insect larva) living on the outside of, and feeding upon, the host
- galumphing — to move along heavily and clumsily.
- gnaphalium — Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- ham sth up — If actors or actresses ham it up, they exaggerate every emotion and gesture when they are acting, often deliberately because they think that the audience will be more amused.
- hand-me-up — something, such as an item of electronic equipment, that is passed from a younger to an older member of a family
- hang it up — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- haplogroup — Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.
- happy dust — cocaine.
- happy hour — a cocktail hour or longer period at a bar, during which drinks are served at reduced prices or with free snacks: happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m.
- happy-dust — cocaine.
- harrumphed — to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.
- harrumpher — (informal) One who complains or moralizes.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hatshepsut — 1495–75 b.c, queen of Egypt.
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- hephaestus — the ancient Greek god of fire, metalworking, and handicrafts, identified by the Romans with Vulcan.
- heptateuch — the first seven books of the Old Testament.
- hexapodous — (zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hugh capet — Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- hypanthium — a cup-shaped or tubular body formed by the conjoined sepals, petals, and stamens.
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- hyperdulia — the veneration offered to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of creatures.
- hypocausts — Plural form of hypocaust.
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- hypozeugma — the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate.
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- jamshedpur — a city in SE Jharkhand, in NE India.
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- launch pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- lunch-pail — lunchbox.