10-letter words containing l, p, a
- 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.
- handclasps — Plural form of handclasp.
- 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.
- happy talk — a style of news presentation characterized by cheerful commentary and informal conversation among anchors during newscasts
- haptically — By means of touch.
- hard maple — the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
- harelipped — Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- hartlepool — a seaport city in NE England.
- hazel park — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- health spa — a resort or a special building or room where a person may exercise, swim, or otherwise condition the body.
- hedgeapple — Alternate name for the fruit of the osage orange tree, also known as the hedge tree.
- 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.
- hemiplegia — paralysis of one side of the body.
- hemipteral — of or relating to a hemipterous insect
- 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.
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- high place — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- holographs — Plural form of holograph.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- holophotal — reflecting and redirecting all or a large amount of the light from a source
- holophrase — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- home plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
- homophilia — (dated) homosexuality.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hyalograph — an instrument used in hyalography.
- hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
- hyaloplasm — ground substance.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hyoplastra — the second foremost pair of plastral bones in a turtle