10-letter words containing o, r, p, h, a
- pheromonal — relating to or constituting a pheromone
- phialiform — having a form like that of a saucer
- phlebogram — venogram.
- phloem ray — a vascular ray extending into or located entirely within the secondary phloem.
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- phoney war — A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting.
- phonograph — any sound-reproducing machine using records in the form of cylinders or discs.
- photodrama — photoplay.
- photograph — a picture produced by photography.
- photomural — a wall decoration consisting of a very large photograph or photographs.
- phylloxera — any of several plant lice of the genus Phylloxera, especially P. vitifoliae (grape phylloxera) which attacks the leaves and roots of grapevines.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pictograph — pictogram
- pileorhiza — a calyptra
- planograph — (formerly) to print from a flat surface.
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polygraphy — a code
- polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- protohuman — of, relating to, or resembling extinct hominid populations that had some but not all the features of modern Homo sapiens.
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- 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.
- pyrography — the process of burning designs on wood, leather, etc., with a heated tool.
- pyrophobia — an abnormal fear of fire.
- pyrrophyta — a phylum in the kingdom Protista comprising the dinoflagellates and cryptomonads.
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- radiograph — Also called shadowgraph. a photographic image produced by the action of x-rays or nuclear radiation.
- radiophare — a radiotelegraphic station used by vessels to determine their positions; radio beacon.
- radiophone — a radiotelephone.
- radiophoto — an image created by radio waves rather than light
- reapproach — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
- renography — x-ray examination of the kidney following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- reproached — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- 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
- rhodoplast — a plastid found in red algae, containing red pigment as well as chlorophyll
- roach clip — a small tweezerlike clip for holding the butt of a marijuana cigarette.
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- saprotroph — any organism, esp a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.