10-letter words containing p, h, o
- so help me — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- solar ship — (in ancient Egypt) a boat placed in or near the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- sophomoric — of or relating to a sophomore or sophomores.
- sophrosyne — moderation; discretion; prudence.
- soul patch — a small patch of facial hair below the centre of the lower lip and above the chin
- sousaphone — a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.
- south pass — a mountain pass in SW Wyoming, cutting through the Rocky Mountains at the S of the Wind River range: part of the Oregon Trail.
- south pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- space shoe — a custom shoe molded to the contours of the wearer's foot
- space shot — the launch of a spacecraft and its subsequent flight in space
- spatchcock — a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
- spaza shop — South African slang for a small shop in a township
- speed shop — a garage that specializes in fitting cars, especially hot rods, with custom-made mechanical equipment for racing.
- speleothem — a natural structure within a cave
- sphenodont — a member of the Sphenodont group of lizards
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- sphenopsid — equisetoid.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- spirograph — an instrument for recording respiratory movements.
- spirophore — a device for producing artificial respiration
- spitchcock — an eel that is split, cut into pieces, and broiled or fried.
- splanchno- — the viscera
- splash out — If you splash out on something, especially on a luxury, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money.
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- spokeshave — a cutting tool having a blade set between two handles, originally for shaping spokes, but now in general use for dressing curved edges of wood and forming round bars and shapes.
- spoon hook — a fishhook equipped with a spoon lure.
- sporophore — a fungus hypha specialized to bear spores.
- sporophyll — a modified leaf that bears sporangia.
- sporophyte — the form of a plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores.
- sport fish — a type of fish that is prized for the sport it gives the angler in its capture rather than for its value as food.
- spot check — impromptu inspection
- spot-check — to examine or investigate by means of a spot check.
- st. joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stephenson — George, 1781–1848, English inventor and engineer.
- stepmother — the wife of one's father by a later marriage.
- stock whip — a whip with a long lash and a short handle, as used to herd cattle
- strip show — a form of entertainment in which one or more people take off their clothes in a titillating and erotic manner, often to music
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- strophulus — a papular eruption of the skin, especially in infants, occurring in several forms and usually harmless.
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- stylophone — a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped penlike stylus
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group