10-letter words containing p, h, a
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypolimnia — Plural form of hypolimnion.
- hypolydian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hypophonia — an abnormally weak voice due to lack of coordination of the speech muscles.
- hypophoria — Physical misalignment of the two eyes so that one eye is set lower in the head than the other.
- hypoplasia — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hypopraxia — abnormally decreased activity; listlessness.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypostases — Metaphysics. something that stands under and supports; foundation. the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes; substance, essence, or essential principle.
- hypostasis — Metaphysics. something that stands under and supports; foundation. the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes; substance, essence, or essential principle.
- hypostatic — of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
- hypotactic — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- hypothymia — a state of depression
- hypoxaemia — Alternative spelling of hypoxemia.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- hypozeugma — the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- idiopathic — of unknown cause, as a disease.
- impeaching — Present participle of impeach.
- in a pinch — if necessary
- inch plant — any of several creeping or sprawling tropical American plants of the genus Callisia, having sometimes fragrant flowers in a variety of colors.
- 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.
- iphianassa — (in the Iliad) a daughter of Agamemnon, offered to Achilles as a wife if he would return to battle against the Trojans.
- irish pale — pale2 (def 6).
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isographic — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- italophile — a person who admires Italian customs, traditions, etc.
- jamshedpur — a city in SE Jharkhand, in NE India.
- jaw's-harp — Jew's harp.
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- jew's harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- jew's-harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- kaisership — the office of kaiser.
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- kataphatic — Alternative form of cataphatic.
- keep watch — observe, maintain a vigil
- 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