10-letter words containing n, a, p, h
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polyhymnia — the Muse of sacred music and dance.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- pranidhana — (in Mahayana Buddhism) the resolution not to enter nirvana until all beings are ready to enter.
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
- protohuman — of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.
- punch card — punched card
- punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- purchasing — buying
- puschkinia — a small spring-flowering bulb, Puschkinia scilloides, of Asia Minor and the Caucasus, having white or pale blue flowers striped with dark blue
- push along — to go away
- pyracantha — firethorn.
- radiophone — a radiotelephone.
- rangership — the office or position of a ranger
- renography — x-ray examination of the kidney following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- rhinophyma — a red-coloured bump or bumps on the nose which form as a result of enlarged sebaceous glands and rosacea
- rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
- rhodophane — the red colour found in the inner cones of the retina in animals
- saharanpur — a city in NW Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- sapphirine — consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
- scyphozoan — any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes.
- seamanship — knowledge and skill pertaining to the operation, navigation, management, safety, and maintenance of a ship.
- shadow pin — a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.
- shaganappi — thongs, straps, or lacings made of rawhide.
- shahaptian — Sahaptian
- shankpiece — a piece of metal or fiber for giving form to the shank of a shoe.
- shape note — a musical note in which the degree of the scale is indicated by the shape of the note's head.
- sharpen up — hone, refine
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- sheepshank — a kind of knot, hitch, or bend made on a rope to shorten it temporarily.
- ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.
- shrinkpack — flexible plastic used for shrink-wrapping goods
- sinophobia — a fear or dislike of China, or Chinese people, their language or culture
- siphonogam — a plant that is pollinated by siphonogamy
- skin patch — an adhesive patch stuck to the skin to slowly and steadily release medicine into the bloodstream
- slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- snaphaunce — an early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun.
- snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- sousaphone — a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.