10-letter words containing p, e, r, i, t, h
- hipsterish — Like a hipster; (often pretentiously) trendy.
- hipsterism — the style of life of a hipster.
- hit parade — a listing or category of popular songs ranked according to their popularity with listeners, usually as shown by sales of records.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- hypnotizer — One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- internship — the state or condition of being an intern.
- 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.
- interphone — an intercommunication system using telephones to connect offices, stations, etc., as in a building or ship; intercom.
- intraphase — (chemistry, physics) Within a phase.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- morphodite — (informal, slang) A comic slang version of hermaphrodite.
- mothership — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- orthoepist — the study of correct pronunciation.
- orthopedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- pantherine — resembling a panther in manner or appearance
- paper-thin — extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade.
- paperwhite — polyanthus (sense 2)
- parathesis — the placing of grammatically parallel words or phrases together; apposition
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- periphytic — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- periphyton — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- perishment — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- perithecia — the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- peritricha — ciliate protozoans, of the order Peritrichida, in which the cilia are restricted to a spiral around the mouth
- permethrin — a synthetic chemical compound with formula C21H20Cl2O3, effective as an insecticide and against various parasites
- perthshire — Perth (def 1).
- petri dish — a shallow, circular, glass or plastic dish with a loose-fitting cover over the top and sides, used for culturing bacteria and other microorganisms.
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).