10-letter words containing o, p, h, i
- aphrodisia — the desire for sexual intimacy
- apishamore — A saddle-blanket, a saddle blanket.
- apothecial — Lb lichenology Relating to the apothecium.
- apothecium — a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp
- apotheosis — If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it.
- aquaphobia — an abnormal fear of water, esp because of the possibility of drowning
- aquaphobic — abnormally afraid of water
- archbishop — In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican Churches, an archbishop is a bishop of the highest rank, who is in charge of all the bishops and priests in a particular country or region.
- archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
- arctophile — a person who collects teddy bears or is fond of them
- arctophily — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- audiograph — a machine used to test a patient's hearing by transmitting sound waves directly to the inner ear
- audiophile — a person who has a great interest in high-fidelity sound reproduction
- authorship — The authorship of a piece of writing is the identity of the person who wrote it.
- autophagia — sustenance by self-absorption of the tissues of the body
- autophilia — Self love, especially sexual attraction to the self.
- autophobia — the fear of solitude or being alone
- autophobic — Of or pertaining to autophobia.
- aviophobia — fear of flying in an airplane or other aircraft.
- baphometic — relating to the worship of the idol Baphomet, whom the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping during the Crusades
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- barophobia — The fear of gravity or objects falling.
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophilia — an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- batophobia — The fear of high objects or of high objects falling down.
- bibliotaph — a person who caches or hoards books.
- biographee — a person whose biography has been written
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- biomorphic — having the form of a living organism
- biophysics — the physics of biological processes and the application of methods used in physics to biology
- biopsychic — of, relating to, or comprising psychological and biological phenomena.
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- bishopbird — any African weaverbird of the genus Euplectes (or Pyromelana), the males of which have black plumage marked with red or yellow
- bisphenoid — a tetrahedral form, each edge of which is bisected by the perpendicular bisecting the edge that does not intersect it.
- brachiopod — any marine invertebrate animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore) and a shell consisting of dorsal and ventral valves
- brokership — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- bush pilot — a pilot who flies small aircraft over rugged terrain or unsettled regions to serve remote areas inaccessible to or off the route of larger planes: Bush pilots brought supplies to the Alaskan village once a week.
- cacophobia — The fear of ugliness.
- cacophonic — Discordant.
- calciphobe — calcifuge.
- canophilia — the love of dogs
- canophobia — an abnormal fear of dogs
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- cargo ship — a ship carrying cargo
- carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant