10-letter words containing p, h, l
- felspathic — feldspathic.
- fishplates — Plural form of fishplate.
- flapperish — in the style of a flapper
- flare path — an airstrip illuminated for use at night or in bad weather
- flash lamp — a lamp for providing momentary illumination of the subject of a photograph.
- flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- fleahopper — either of two varieties of small, jumping insects which feed on crops and garden plants. The two main varieties are the garden fleahopper Halticus bractatus and the cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus
- flight cap — a wedge-shaped cap of cotton or woolen fabric, worn as part of the service uniform.
- flight pay — a pay supplement allowed by the U.S. Air Force to certain crew members who attain a minimum flight time per month.
- flip chart — a set of sheets, as of cardboard or paper, hinged at the top so that they can be flipped over to show information or illustrations in sequence.
- flip phone — mobile telephone: clam-shell style
- flophouses — Plural form of flophouse.
- fluorophor — Alternative form of fluorophore.
- flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
- followship — the practice of doing what other people suggest, rather than taking the lead
- foodophile — (informal) A food lover.
- galumphing — to move along heavily and clumsily.
- geophilous — Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- gill pouch — branchial pouch.
- glove shop — a shop that sells gloves
- glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- gnaphalium — Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
- graphalloy — a compound of graphite impregnated with Babbitt metal, bronze, copper, gold, etc., used as a low-friction material.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- graphology — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- gypsophila — any plant belonging to the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family, native to Mediterranean regions, having small, panicled, pink or white flowers, as baby's breath.
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- haemolymph — the blood-like fluid of invertebrates
- haemophile — a haemophilic bacterium
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- half-empty — (of a vessel, place, etc) holding or containing half its capacity
- half-plane — the part of the plane on one side of a straight line of infinite length in the plane.
- half-plate — a size of plate measuring 61⁄2 × 41⁄4 inches
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- halophiles — Plural form of halophile.
- halophilic — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- handclasps — Plural form of handclasp.
- haplobiont — an organism, esp a plant, that exists in either the diploid form or the haploid form (but never alternates between these forms) during its life cycle
- haplogroup — Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.
- haplophase — the haploid portion of an organism's life cycle.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- happy talk — a style of news presentation characterized by cheerful commentary and informal conversation among anchors during newscasts
- haptically — By means of touch.
- hard maple — the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.