10-letter words containing p, h, o, s, r
- nanosphere — A nanoscale sphere.
- nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- oophoritis — inflammation of an ovary, usually combined with an inflammation of the Fallopian tubes; ovaritis.
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- orpharions — Plural form of orpharion.
- orthoepist — the study of correct pronunciation.
- orthoprism — a prism which has faces parallel to its vertical axis
- orthoptics — a method of exercising the eye and its muscles in order to cure strabismus or improve vision.
- orthoptist — One who practices orthoptics.
- orthoscope — (formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- pale horse — a representation of Death, as in literature or the Bible.
- paper shop — A paper shop is a shop that sells newspapers and magazines, and also things such as tobacco, sweets, and cards.
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- pastorship — the position, authority, or office of a pastor.
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- persephone — Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
- personhood — the state or fact of being a person.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- pheromones — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
- phosphoric — of or containing phosphorus, especially in the pentavalent state.
- phosphoro- — phosphorus or phosphorescence
- phosphorus — Chemistry. a solid, nonmetallic element existing in at least three allotropic forms, one that is yellow, poisonous, flammable, and luminous in the dark, one that is red, less poisonous, and less flammable, and another that is black, insoluble in most solvents, and the least flammable. The element is used in forming smoke screens, its compounds are used in matches and phosphate fertilizers, and it is a necessary constituent of plant and animal life in bones, nerves, and embryos. Symbol: P; atomic weight: 30.974; atomic number: 15; specific gravity: (yellow) 1.82 at 20°C, (red) 2.20 at 20°C, (black) 2.25–2.69 at 20°C.
- phosphoryl — a radical chemical consisting of phosphorus and oxygen, represented by the symbol pO
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- photostory — photo essay.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pitchforks — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- podosphere — the world's podcasters and their audience, viewed collectively
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- pole horse — a horse harnessed to the tongue of a vehicle; poler; wheeler.
- polo shirt — a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton or cottonlike knit, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
- porphyrous — of or relating to porphyry
- portsmouth — a seaport in S Hampshire, in S England, on the English Channel: chief British naval station.
- post horse — a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers.
- post-truth — of or relating to a culture in which appeals to the emotions tend to prevail over facts and logical arguments
- powerhouse — Electricity. a generating station.
- pre-school — Pre-school is used to describe things relating to the care and education of children before they reach the age when they have to go to school.
- prehension — the act of seizing or grasping.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.