10-letter words containing h, y, p, o
- haemolymph — the blood-like fluid of invertebrates
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- 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.
- heliophyte — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- hemoptysis — the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hey presto — magician's conjuring words
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- hippogryph — Alternative spelling of hippogriff.
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- hippophagy — the practice of eating horseflesh.
- hokeypokey — (US) A group dance performed in a circle, in which people move various of their body parts in and out of the middle, and shake them about.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- homeopathy — the method of treating disease by drugs, given in minute doses, that would produce in a healthy person symptoms similar to those of the disease (opposed to allopathy).
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homography — The state or quality of being spelt homographically; the state or quality of existing as homographs.
- homomorphy — (biology) similarity of form; resemblance in external character or in geometric ground form.
- hopelessly — In a way that shows or causes despair.
- horn poppy — a European plant, Glaucium flavum, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers, naturalized along sandy shores in eastern North America.
- horography — the art of constructing time-keeping instruments such as watches and clocks
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hyalograph — an instrument used in hyalography.
- hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
- hyaloplasm — ground substance.
- hydrograph — a graph of the water level or rate of flow of a body of water as a function of time, showing the seasonal change.
- hydropathy — the curing of disease by the internal and external use of water.
- hydrophane — a partly translucent variety of opal, which becomes more translucent or transparent when immersed in water.
- hydrophile — (chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance.
- hydrophobe — a hydrophobic substance.
- hydrophoby — Archaic form of hydrophobia.
- hydrophone — a device for locating sources of sound under water, as for detecting submarines by the noise of their engines.
- hydrophyte — a plant that grows in water or very moist ground; an aquatic plant.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hydropolyp — an individual animal in a colony of hydroids
- hydroponic — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydropower — hydroelectric power.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hydrotrope — (chemistry) A compound that solubilizes hydrophobic compounds in aqueous solutions.
- hyetograph — a map or chart showing the average rainfall for the localities represented.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hygrograph — a self-recording hygrometer.