10-letter words containing n, a, p, h
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- half-plane — the part of the plane on one side of a straight line of infinite length in the plane.
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- hand press — a printing press requiring hand operation.
- hand-me-up — something, such as an item of electronic equipment, that is passed from a younger to an older member of a family
- hand-piece — handheld, power-operated shears used by a shearer
- hand-spike — a bar used as a lever.
- hand-spray — an attachment to a shower, sink unit, etc, that is not fixed in place but can instead be moved in order to aid washing
- handclasps — Plural form of handclasp.
- handphones — Plural form of handphone.
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- handspikes — Plural form of handspike.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- handy-pack — a pack of a product that is useful or convenient in some way, because, for example, it is easy to transport, or because it contains a variety of flavours, colours, etc
- hang it up — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hanky-pank — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- 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
- happenings — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- harpooneer — A harpooner.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- headphones — Audio. a headset designed for use with a stereo system.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- hemianopia — any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemipteran — hemipterous.
- heparinize — Add heparin to (blood or a container about to be filled with blood) to prevent it from coagulating.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- herpangina — an infectious disease, especially of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.
- hetmanship — the position of a hetman
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hippomania — A passion for horses.
- hispanidad — hispanism, especially as directed toward political objectives.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- homopteran — homopterous.
- honor camp — a prison work camp operating on an honor system.
- hoop snake — any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.
- hop garden — a field of hops
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
- hydrophane — a partly translucent variety of opal, which becomes more translucent or transparent when immersed in water.