10-letter words containing n, a, p, h
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- splanchnic — of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- splanchno- — the viscera
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- springhaas — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- superhuman — above or beyond what is human; having a higher nature or greater powers than humans have: a superhuman being.
- sweep hand — a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
- sycophancy — self-seeking or servile flattery.
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- tappit-hen — a hen with a crest or topknot.
- tautophony — the repetition of a sound
- telpherman — someone who operates or works on a telpher
- tenantship — the state of being a tenant
- theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- transshape — to change shape
- triphibian — skilled in combat equally on land, sea, and in the air.
- triumphant — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- tryptophan — an essential amino acid, (C 8 H 6 N)CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, colorless, crystalline, and aromatic, released from proteins by tryptic digestion and a precursor of serotonin. Symbol: W. Abbreviation: Trp;
- unemphatic — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unhampered — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- unhelpable — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- unpathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- unsympathy — lack of sympathy
- upanishads — any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
- upflashing — flashing or flaring up
- upheapings — acts or instances of heaping up
- upper hand — the dominating or controlling position; advantage: to have the upper hand in the fight.
- upsmanship — one-upmanship.
- venography — x-ray examination of a vein or veins following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- vibraphone — vibraharp.
- wappenshaw — a periodic muster or review of troops or persons under arms, formerly held in certain districts of Scotland to satisfy military chiefs that their men were properly armed and faithful to the local lord or chieftain.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- washing-up — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- whip snake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- whipsawing — Present participle of whipsaw.
- xanthopsia — A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow.
- xenography — The process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.
- xenophanes — c570–c480 b.c, Greek philosopher and poet.
- xenophilia — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xenophobia — fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers: Xenophobia and nationalism can be seen as a reaction to the rise of globalization.