10-letter words containing p, c, e
- 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
- heelpieces — Plural form of heelpiece.
- 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.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemiplegic — paralysis of one side of the body.
- hemophilic — characteristic of or affected by hemophilia.
- hen-pecked — browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.: a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.
- henpeckery — the state of being harassed or tormented through henpecking
- henpecking — Present participle of henpeck.
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- 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.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of seven lines or verses.
- heptateuch — the first seven books of the Old Testament.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- high place — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- hip pocket — back pocket of trousers
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- hop clover — a trefoil, Trifolium campestre, having withered, yellow flowers that resemble the strobiles of a hop.
- hop-picker — a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
- hope chest — (especially formerly) a chest or the like in which a young woman collected clothing, linens, and other articles in anticipation of marriage.
- hopper car — a freight car, usually open at the top and containing one or more hoppers so that bulk cargo can be quickly discharged through its bottom.
- horoscopes — Plural form of horoscope.
- hugh capet — Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hygroscope — an instrument that indicates the approximate humidity of the air.
- hype cycle — a term coined by Gartner to refer to the five phases he considers a new technology or product to go through from its launch to its stabilization on the market
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- hyperbaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hypobaric.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- hypercubes — Plural form of hypercube.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hypernymic — Of or pertaining to hypernyms.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hyperpneic — characterized by unusually fast breathing