10-letter words containing p, a, y
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- hand-spray — an attachment to a shower, sink unit, etc, that is not fixed in place but can instead be moved in order to aid washing
- handy-pack — a pack of a product that is useful or convenient in some way, because, for example, it is easy to transport, or because it contains a variety of flavours, colours, etc
- hanky-pank — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- happy dust — cocaine.
- happy hour — a cocktail hour or longer period at a bar, during which drinks are served at reduced prices or with free snacks: happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m.
- happy talk — a style of news presentation characterized by cheerful commentary and informal conversation among anchors during newscasts
- happy-dust — cocaine.
- haptically — By means of touch.
- hazard pay — danger money
- heavy spar — barite.
- heavy type — type that is thicker and blacker than normal type
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- hippophagy — the practice of eating horseflesh.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- 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).
- homography — The state or quality of being spelt homographically; the state or quality of existing as homographs.
- horography — the art of constructing time-keeping instruments such as watches and clocks
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hyalograph — an instrument used in hyalography.
- hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
- hyaloplasm — ground substance.
- hydrograph — a graph of the water level or rate of flow of a body of water as a function of time, showing the seasonal change.
- hydropathy — the curing of disease by the internal and external use of water.
- hydrophane — a partly translucent variety of opal, which becomes more translucent or transparent when immersed in water.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hyetograph — a map or chart showing the average rainfall for the localities represented.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hygrograph — a self-recording hygrometer.
- hyoplastra — the second foremost pair of plastral bones in a turtle
- hypabyssal — (of an igneous rock) intermediate in texture between coarse-grained intrusive rocks and fine-grained extrusive rocks.
- hypaethral — (of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.
- hypaethron — a part of a building or court which is open to the sky
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hypanthium — a cup-shaped or tubular body formed by the conjoined sepals, petals, and stamens.
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- hyperaemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hyperalert — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperaphia — abnormal sensitivity to touch.
- hyperaware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
- hyperbaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hypobaric.