10-letter words containing l, y, o, p
- graphalloy — a compound of graphite impregnated with Babbitt metal, bronze, copper, gold, etc., used as a low-friction material.
- graphology — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- gymnoplast — a mass of protoplasm without an enclosing wall.
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- gypsophila — any plant belonging to the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family, native to Mediterranean regions, having small, panicled, pink or white flowers, as baby's breath.
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- gyro pilot — automatic pilot.
- haemolymph — the blood-like fluid of invertebrates
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- 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
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- 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.
- 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.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- hopelessly — In a way that shows or causes despair.
- 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.
- hydrophile — (chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hydropolyp — an individual animal in a colony of hydroids
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hyoplastra — the second foremost pair of plastral bones in a turtle
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hyperboles — Plural form of hyperbole.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- 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
- imployment — Obsolete spelling of employment.