10-letter words containing p, i, c, o
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemophilic — characteristic of or affected by hemophilia.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- hip pocket — back pocket of trousers
- hippocampi — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holotropic — Oriented or moving towards wholeness.
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- homophilic — (immunology) that reacts only with a specific antigen.
- homophobic — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homophonic — having the same sound.
- homophoric — Relating to homophora.
- hop-picker — a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- 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).
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- 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.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- hypnagogic — of or relating to drowsiness.
- hypnogenic — of or relating to the induction of sleep
- hypnogogic — Alternative spelling of hypnagogic.
- hypoactive — Less than normally active.
- hypocapnia — (medicine) A state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypocorism — a pet name.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypocrisie — Obsolete form of hypocrisy.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypocritic — Synonym of hypocritical.
- hypodermic — characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin: hypodermic injection.
- hypoechoic — Of low echogenicity.
- hypolithic — growing beneath rocks.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- hypophonic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypophonia.
- hypostatic — of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
- hypotactic — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypothetic — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- iconophile — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- iconoscope — a television camera tube in which a beam of high-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
- idiopathic — of unknown cause, as a disease.