10-letter words containing p, h, o, s, r
- 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.
- houseproud — Alternative form of house-proud.
- hoverports — Plural form of hoverport.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hygroscope — an instrument that indicates the approximate humidity of the air.
- hygroscopy — The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
- hyoplastra — the second foremost pair of plastral bones in a turtle
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hyperboles — Plural form of hyperbole.
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- hyperosmia — an abnormally acute sense of smell.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypervisor — (computing) A software and/or firmware system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via emulation), but within specified constraints.
- hypocorism — a pet name.
- hypocrisie — Obsolete form of hypocrisy.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypodermis — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypostress — the stress which is caused by boredom or lack of motivation
- hypsometer — thermobarometer (def 1).
- hypsometry — vertical control in mapping; the establishment of elevations or altitudes.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- impoverish — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- infosphere — electronic communication and networking as a whole
- ionophores — Plural form of ionophore.
- ionosphere — the region of the earth's atmosphere between the stratosphere and the exosphere, consisting of several ionized layers and extending from about 50 to 250 miles (80 to 400 km) above the surface of the earth.
- isographic — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isomorphic — Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- lagomorphs — Plural form of lagomorph.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- logographs — Plural form of logograph.
- logogriphs — Plural form of logogriph.
- look sharp — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mesomorphs — Plural form of mesomorph.
- mesomorphy — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesosphere — (in the classification of the earth's atmosphere by chemical properties) the region between the ionosphere and the exosphere, extending from about 250–650 miles (400–1050 km) above the surface of the earth.
- microchips — Plural form of microchip.
- misworship — a form of worship that is wrong
- monographs — Plural form of monograph.
- morphemics — the study of the classification, description, and functions of morphemes; morphology.
- morphinism — Morphine addiction.
- morphogens — Plural form of morphogen.
- mothership — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- mothproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mothproof.
- motor ship — a ship propelled by an internal-combustion engine or engines
- mouthparts — Plural form of mouthpart.