10-letter words containing o, p, h, r
- hypodermis — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypodorian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- hypophoria — Physical misalignment of the two eyes so that one eye is set lower in the head than the other.
- hypopraxia — abnormally decreased activity; listlessness.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypostress — the stress which is caused by boredom or lack of motivation
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- hypotrophy — A degeneration in the functioning of an organ due to the loss of cells.
- hypsometer — thermobarometer (def 1).
- hypsometry — vertical control in mapping; the establishment of elevations or altitudes.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- impoverish — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- infosphere — electronic communication and networking as a whole
- interphone — an intercommunication system using telephones to connect offices, stations, etc., as in a building or ship; intercom.
- ionophores — Plural form of ionophore.
- ionosphere — the region of the earth's atmosphere between the stratosphere and the exosphere, consisting of several ionized layers and extending from about 50 to 250 miles (80 to 400 km) above the surface of the earth.
- isographic — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isomorphic — Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
- job hopper — a person who job-hops
- john neper — John, Napier, John.
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- kymography — The use of a kymograph.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- lagomorphs — Plural form of lagomorph.
- lampholder — a fixture for an electric light bulb
- leafhopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leech rope — a boltrope along a leech.
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- lithoprint — Now Rare. to lithograph.
- logographs — Plural form of logograph.
- logography — printing with logotypes.
- logogriphs — Plural form of logogriph.
- look sharp — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lophophore — the ring of ciliated tentacles encircling the mouth of a bryozoan or phoronid.
- lymphogram — A diagnostic image produced by lymphography.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrograph — a representation of an object that is of the same size as or larger than the object.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.