10-letter words containing p, h, o, n
- 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
- harpooneer — A harpooner.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- headphones — Audio. a headset designed for use with a stereo system.
- hellespont — ancient name of the Dardanelles.
- hemianopia — any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemipteron — Alternative form of hemipteran.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- hesperinos — vesper (def 3).
- 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.
- high point — a city in central North Carolina.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- 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
- hippomania — A passion for horses.
- hippomenes — the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- homophones — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.
- homophonic — having the same sound.
- homopteran — homopterous.
- honor camp — a prison work camp operating on an honor system.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.
- 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
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horn poppy — a European plant, Glaucium flavum, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers, naturalized along sandy shores in eastern North America.
- hot spring — a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock.
- housephone — a telephone, used for making calls within a hotel or apartment house, that does not have a direct line to an exchange and whose calls are routed through the building's switchboard.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hung up on — simple past tense and past participle of hang.
- 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.
- hydrophone — a device for locating sources of sound under water, as for detecting submarines by the noise of their engines.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hydroponic — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- 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.”.
- hypernovae — Plural form of hypernova.
- hyperoodon — (zoology) A whale in the genus Hyperoodon of the order Cetacea, comprising both species of bottlenose whale.
- hyperpnoea — abnormally deep or rapid respiration.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.