10-letter words containing o, p, h, t
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- haphtaroth — Plural form of haphtarah.
- 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
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- happi coat — a Japanese lounging jacket with wide, loose sleeves and often an overlapping front closure usually tied with a sash.
- haptometer — a mechanical device for measuring the sense of touch.
- hartlepool — a seaport city in NE England.
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- heliophyte — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliotrope — any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- hellespont — ancient name of the Dardanelles.
- hemipteron — Alternative form of hemipteran.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hemoptysis — the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- 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
- heterophil — Also, heterophilic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen.
- hey presto — magician's conjuring words
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high point — a city in central North Carolina.
- hilltopper — the top or summit of a hill.
- hip pocket — back pocket of trousers
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hipsterdom — The state of being a hipster.
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- holophotal — reflecting and redirecting all or a large amount of the light from a source
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holotropic — Oriented or moving towards wholeness.
- home plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
- homeopathy — the method of treating disease by drugs, given in minute doses, that would produce in a healthy person symptoms similar to those of the disease (opposed to allopathy).
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homoeopath — Alternative spelling of homeopath.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- homopteran — homopterous.
- hooded top — a top to a secretary, chest, etc., following in outline a single- or double-curved pediment on the front of the piece.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.