10-letter words containing p, a, l, e, h
- calciphobe — calcifuge.
- caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
- can't help — If you say you can't help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude.
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cattleship — a large vessel for the transportation of livestock.
- cellophane — Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
- cephalalgy — Dated form of cephalalgia.
- cephalexin — a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for mild infections of the skin, ears, throat, lungs, or urinary tract
- cephalitis — encephalitis.
- cephalonia — a mountainous island in the Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. Pop: 36 404 (2001). Area: 935 sq km (365 sq miles)
- cephalopod — any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, characterized by well-developed head and eyes and a ring of sucker-bearing tentacles. The group also includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus
- chainplate — a metal plate on the side of a vessel, to which the shrouds are attached
- channel op — (messaging) /chan'l op/ (Or "op", "chan op", "chop") Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular IRC channel. These privileges include the right to kick users, to change various status bits and to make others into CHOPs. The full form, "channel operator", is almost never used.
- chapfallen — dejected; downhearted; crestfallen
- chaptalize — to add sugar to (a fermenting wine) to increase the alcohol content
- cheapishly — in a fairly cheap manner
- chopfallen — chapfallen
- collophane — a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
- cycle path — A cycle path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.
- dall sheep — a wild sheep (Ovis dalli) with white hair and long spiral horns, living in the mountains of NW North America
- dealership — A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.
- deathplace — the place at which a person dies: Lincoln is buried in Illinois, but his deathplace was Washington, D.C.
- diaphyseal — the shaft of a long bone.
- didelphian — of or relating to an animal in the Didelphia subclass of mammals
- diplophase — the diploid part of an organism's life cycle.
- disulphate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- echo plate — (in sound recording or broadcasting) an electromechanical device for producing echo and reverberation effects
- edaphology — The ecological relationship of soil with plants, and land cultivation practices.
- emphatical — Emphatic.
- encephalic — of or relating to the brain
- encephalo- — indicating the brain
- encephalon — The brain.
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- enkephalin — Either of two compounds that occur naturally in the brain. They are peptides related to the endorphins, with similar physiological effects.
- ephemerals — Plural form of ephemeral.
- epiphyseal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the epiphysis.
- epiphysial — Alternative form of epiphyseal.
- epitaphial — Alternative form of epitaphian.
- epithelial — Of or pertaining to the epithelium.
- epithermal — relating to minerals formed from warm, shallow water
- esophageal — Pertaining to the esophagus.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- europhilia — The love of Europe, Europeans, or European culture.
- felspathic — feldspathic.
- fishplates — Plural form of fishplate.
- flapperish — in the style of a flapper
- flare path — an airstrip illuminated for use at night or in bad weather
- fleahopper — either of two varieties of small, jumping insects which feed on crops and garden plants. The two main varieties are the garden fleahopper Halticus bractatus and the cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.