9-letter words containing p, o, e, y
- geography — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- geophytes — Plural form of geophyte.
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- glory-pea — either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
- gossypine — relating to cotton
- gossypose — raffinose.
- gynophobe — a person who hates or fears women
- gynophore — the elongated stalk of a pistil.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- gyroscope — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- haplotype — Genetics. a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together: By comparing haplotypes of a mother and father with those of a fetus, scientists can study how new genetic changes arise.
- heliotype — A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.
- helophyte — any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface
- hemolymph — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- hemopathy — (medicine) Any disorder or disease of the blood.
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- heptapody — a verse with seven metrical feet
- holophyte — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holotypes — Plural form of holotype.
- honey pot — any of a caste of workers in certain species of ants, that serve as living storehouses for a honeylike material later used by the whole colony
- honeypots — Plural form of honeypot.
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.
- hopefully — in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- hylophyte — a plant that grows in woods
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hyperbole — obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- hyperform — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by hypercorrection.
- hypernova — (astronomy) The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
- hyperonym — (linguistics) Hypernym; superordinate term.
- hyperopia — a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
- hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
- hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- hypnodiet — a diet involving the use of hypnosis to change one's attitude to food
- hypnogeny — hypnosis or the induction of a hypnotic state
- hypnotise — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotize — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hypodense — Less dense (than normal).
- hypoderma — hypodermis.
- hypogenic — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypogeous — underground; subterranean.
- hypophyge — apophyge (def 2).
- hypopneas — Plural form of hypopnea.
- hypopneic — of or relating to hypopnoea
- hypopnoea — Alternative spelling of hypopnea.
- hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
- hypostome — any of several parts or organs of the mouth, as the labrum of a crustacean.