10-letter words containing p, h
- at a pinch — If you say that something is possible at a pinch, or in American English if you say that something is possible in a pinch, you mean that it would be possible if it was necessary, but it might not be very comfortable or convenient.
- athapascan — a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho
- atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- audiograph — a machine used to test a patient's hearing by transmitting sound waves directly to the inner ear
- audiophile — a person who has a great interest in high-fidelity sound reproduction
- authorship — The authorship of a piece of writing is the identity of the person who wrote it.
- autographs — Plural form of autograph.
- autography — the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
- autophagia — sustenance by self-absorption of the tissues of the body
- autophilia — Self love, especially sexual attraction to the self.
- autophobia — the fear of solitude or being alone
- autophobic — Of or pertaining to autophobia.
- autotrophs — Plural form of autotroph.
- autotrophy — (in certain plants and bacteria) the process of making food from inorganic substances, using photosynthesis
- auxotrophs — Plural form of auxotroph.
- auxotrophy — the inability to synthesize particular growth factors, due to mutational changes
- aviophobia — fear of flying in an airplane or other aircraft.
- awl-shaped — shaped like an awl
- backsplash — any tiled area by, for example, a sink, cooker or bath to prevent damage to a wall by food or water splashes
- bahawalpur — an industrial city in Pakistan: cotton, soap. Pop: 563 000 (2005 est)
- bailieship — the office or district of a bailie
- baphometic — relating to the worship of the idol Baphomet, whom the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping during the Crusades
- barbershop — Barbershop is a style of singing where a small group of people, usually men, sing in close harmony and without any musical instruments accompanying them.
- barographs — Plural form of barograph.
- barophilic — (of living organisms) growing best in conditions of high atmospheric pressure
- barophobia — The fear of gravity or objects falling.
- barysphere — centrosphere (def 2).
- bashawship — the position or jurisdiction of a bashaw
- basophiles — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophilia — an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
- basophilic — having an affinity for basic stains.
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- batophobia — The fear of high objects or of high objects falling down.
- battleship — A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
- be of help — If someone or something is of help, they make a situation easier or better.
- beach plum — a rosaceous shrub, Prunus maritima, of coastal regions of E North America
- beachscape — a section or expanse of beach and shore scenery.
- bean aphid — a small, black aphid, Aphis fabae, often found on beans and related plants.
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- bell punch — a machine that issues or stamps a ticket, etc, ringing a bell as it does so
- bell sheep — a sheep that a shearer is just starting to shear (and which he is allowed to finish) as the bell rings for the end of a work period
- bench stop — a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.
- beth-phage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
- bibliotaph — a person who caches or hoards books.
- biographee — a person whose biography has been written
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- biomorphic — having the form of a living organism
- biophysics — the physics of biological processes and the application of methods used in physics to biology