10-letter words containing h, y
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- north york — city in SE Ontario, Canada: part of metropolitan Toronto: pop. 590,000
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- nostopathy — a fear of returning home, often observed in those who have been in institutions such as prison or hospital for a long time
- notch baby — a person who was born in the U.S. between 1917 and 1921 and as a retiree received lower cost-of-living increases in Social Security than others after Congress readjusted Social Security benefits in 1977.
- noteworthy — worthy of notice or attention; notable; remarkable: a noteworthy addition to our collection of rare books.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- nympholept — a person seized with nympholepsy.
- o'flaherty — Liam [lee-uh m] /ˈli əm/ (Show IPA), 1896–1984, Irish novelist.
- ochlocracy — government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.
- oligophagy — the condition of feeding on a limited range of foodstuffs, esp plants
- on the fly — to move through the air using wings.
- on the sly — cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- on the way — en route
- one-eighty — a turn or reversal of 180 degrees.
- only child — sb without siblings
- ophiolatry — the worship of snakes.
- opotherapy — organotherapy.
- orchectomy — orchiectomy.
- orchiopexy — (surgery) The procedure to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum.
- oropharynx — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- orthodoxly — In a correct or proper way; conventionally; correctly. (from 17th c.).
- orthodromy — a route or the navigation of a route which forms part of a large circle
- orthometry — The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the laws of correct poetry.
- orthophyre — feldspar rock
- orthopraxy — correctness or orthodoxy of action or practice.
- orthostyle — (of columns) erected in a straight row.
- orthotropy — the state of being either orthotropic or orthotropous
- osteopathy — a therapeutic system originally based upon the premise that manipulation of the muscles and bones to promote structural integrity could restore or preserve health: current osteopathic physicians use the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of conventional medicine as well as manipulative measures.
- osteophyte — a small osseous excrescence or outgrowth on bone.
- outrightly — Outright.
- over-happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- overmighty — too forceful
- overrashly — in an overrash manner
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- paddywhack — Informal. a spanking.
- pantophagy — the consumption of all types of food
- paraphyses — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
- paraphysis — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- parchingly — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parenchyma — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
- party whip — whip (def 21).
- pasigraphy — a system of writing intelligible to persons of all languages; a universal language
- pathognomy — the study of the symptoms or characteristics of a disease; diagnosis.
- patriarchy — a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe.
- pay cheque — Your pay cheque is a piece of paper that your employer gives you as your wages or salary, and which you can then cash at a bank. You can also use pay cheque as a way of referring to your wages or salary.