10-letter words containing n, o, s, h
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- p. johnson — Andrew, 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.
- pansophism — a claim or pretension to pansophy.
- pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- persephone — Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
- personhood — the state or fact of being a person.
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phenotypes — the observable constitution of an organism.
- pheromones — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
- phlogiston — a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
- phoenixism — the process of making a business insolvent in order to evade paying debts and then setting the business up again under a new name
- phonoscope — an instrument for making visible the motions or properties of a sounding body.
- phosgenite — a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.
- phosphagen — a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.
- phosphonic — of or relating to phosponic acid or anything derived from it
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- phototonus — the normal condition of sensitiveness to light in organisms or their organs.
- pincushion — a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- poison haw — a shrub, Viburnum molle, of the central U.S., having white flowers and bluish-black fruit.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- prehension — the act of seizing or grasping.
- print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
- pronephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, which becomes the functional kidney of certain primitive fishes.
- prosphoron — an uncut loaf of altar bread before it is consecrated.
- psychogony — the development or origin of the soul or mind
- push along — to go away
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- pushbutton — A pushbutton machine or process is controlled by means of buttons or switches.
- pyrrhonism — the Skeptic doctrines of Pyrrho and his followers.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- rhinestone — an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.
- rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope
- rhinovirus — any of a varied and widespread group of picornaviruses responsible for many respiratory diseases, including the common cold.
- ribbonfish — any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
- richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- ring shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- rodfishing — angling or fishing using a fishing rod
- rosy finch — any of several finches of the genus Leucosticte, of Asia and western North America, having dark brown plumage with a pinkish wash on the wings and rump.
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment