10-letter words containing p, e, a, h, n
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- herpangina — an infectious disease, especially of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.
- hetmanship — the position of a hetman
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- homopteran — homopterous.
- hoop snake — any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.
- hop garden — a field of hops
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
- hydrophane — a partly translucent variety of opal, which becomes more translucent or transparent when immersed in water.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hypaethron — a part of a building or court which is open to the sky
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hypermania — excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer.
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hypernovae — Plural form of hypernova.
- hyperplane — a subspace of a vector space that has dimension one less than the dimension of the vector space.
- hyperpnoea — abnormally deep or rapid respiration.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hyphenated — of or relating to something of distinct form or origin that has been joined; connected by a hyphen.
- hyphenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hyphenate.
- hyphenator — One who, or that which, hyphenates.
- hypnopedia — sleep learning.
- hypoadenia — a deficiency of glandular activity.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- impeaching — Present participle of impeach.
- interphase — the period of the cell cycle during which the nucleus is not undergoing division, typically occurring between mitotic or meiotic divisions. Also called interkinesis. Compare G1 phase, S phase, G2 phase.
- intraphase — (chemistry, physics) Within a phase.
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- kinesipath — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- lexiphanes — Plural form of lexiphane.
- lightplane — a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- megaphoned — Simple past tense and past participle of megaphone.
- megaphones — Plural form of megaphone.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
- menophania — menarche.
- nalbuphine — a potent synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 7 NO 4 , used as an analgesic for moderate to severe pain.
- nalorphine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 3 , used to nullify respiratory depression due to narcotics and for the diagnosis of addiction to narcotics.