10-letter words containing p, o, r, t, y
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- dirty pool — unethical, unfair, or unsportsmanlike conduct.
- dystrophia — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- dystrophin — a protein, the absence of which is believed to cause muscular dystrophy
- ectomorphy — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
- encryption — (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords. May also apply to electronic signal, hard drive, message, document...
- entryphone — an intercom system at the entrance to a building through which visitors identify themselves so that someone inside can let them in by a device which unlocks the door remotely
- epistolary — Relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.
- expiratory — Of or relating to the exhalation of air from the lungs.
- expository — Intended to explain or describe something.
- ferrotypes — Plural form of ferrotype.
- ferry port — a town or place alongside navigable water with facilities for the loading and unloading of ferries
- fluorotype — an early form of photograph produced on paper treated with sodium fluoride
- fort payne — a town in NE Alabama.
- fortypenny — being 5 inches (13 cm) long: a fortypenny nail. Symbol: 40d.
- gyro pilot — automatic pilot.
- gyrocopter — autogiro.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- hey presto — magician's conjuring words
- hydropathy — the curing of disease by the internal and external use of water.
- hydrophyte — a plant that grows in water or very moist ground; an aquatic plant.
- hydrotrope — (chemistry) A compound that solubilizes hydrophobic compounds in aqueous solutions.
- hyetograph — a map or chart showing the average rainfall for the localities represented.
- hygrophyte — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- 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.
- hyoplastra — the second foremost pair of plastral bones in a turtle
- hypaethron — a part of a building or court which is open to the sky
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- hyphenator — One who, or that which, hyphenates.
- hypnotizer — One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
- hypocenter — focus (def 5).
- hypocentre — (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypocritic — Synonym of hypocritical.
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- hypostress — the stress which is caused by boredom or lack of motivation
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- hypotrophy — A degeneration in the functioning of an organ due to the loss of cells.
- hypsometer — thermobarometer (def 1).
- hypsometry — vertical control in mapping; the establishment of elevations or altitudes.
- importancy — (obsolete) importance; significance.
- improperty — (obsolete) impropriety.
- iron putty — a compound of iron oxide and boiled linseed oil for caulking pipe joints.
- jouy print — toile de Jouy.