10-letter words containing p, o, s, h, e
- open sight — (on a firearm) a rear sight consisting of a notch across which the gunner aligns the front sight on the target.
- open-shelf — open-stack.
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- orthoepist — the study of correct pronunciation.
- orthoscope — (formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.
- osteopathy — a therapeutic system originally based upon the premise that manipulation of the muscles and bones to promote structural integrity could restore or preserve health: current osteopathic physicians use the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of conventional medicine as well as manipulative measures.
- osteophyte — a small osseous excrescence or outgrowth on bone.
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- pale horse — a representation of Death, as in literature or the Bible.
- paper shop — A paper shop is a shop that sells newspapers and magazines, and also things such as tobacco, sweets, and cards.
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- pemphigous — of, relating to, or affected by pemphigus
- persephone — Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
- personhood — the state or fact of being a person.
- pest house — a house or hospital for persons infected with pestilential disease.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phenotypes — the observable constitution of an organism.
- pheromones — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
- philosophe — any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire.
- phoenixism — the process of making a business insolvent in order to evade paying debts and then setting the business up again under a new name
- phonoscope — an instrument for making visible the motions or properties of a sounding body.
- phosgenite — a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.
- phosphagen — a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- photolyses — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photophase — a phase of light in a cycle of light and dark
- physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pious hope — a wish or desire that is unlikely to be fulfilled
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- ploughwise — back and forth in alternate rows, in the manner of a plough
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- podosphere — the world's podcasters and their audience, viewed collectively
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- pole horse — a horse harnessed to the tongue of a vehicle; poler; wheeler.
- pole house — a timber house built on a steep section and supported by heavy debarked logs in long piles
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polyphemus — a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- polytheist — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- poop sheet — a circular, list of instructions, press release, etc., providing information about a particular subject.