10-letter words containing p, y, r
- graphology — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- graspingly — In a grasping manner.
- gray power — the organized influence exerted by elderly people as a group, especially for social or political purposes or ends.
- grays peak — a mountain in N central Colorado; highest point in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,270 feet (4352 meters).
- grey power — the political, financial, or social influence of elderly people
- grippingly — In a gripping manner.
- gymnosperm — a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad.
- gymnospore — a naked spore, especially one not produced in a sporangium or one lacking a protective envelope.
- gynophores — Plural form of gynophore.
- gyro pilot — automatic pilot.
- gyrocopter — autogiro.
- gyroscopes — Plural form of gyroscope.
- gyroscopic — 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.
- hair spray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hand-spray — an attachment to a shower, sink unit, etc, that is not fixed in place but can instead be moved in order to aid washing
- happy hour — a cocktail hour or longer period at a bar, during which drinks are served at reduced prices or with free snacks: happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m.
- hazard pay — danger money
- heavy spar — barite.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- henpeckery — the state of being harassed or tormented through henpecking
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- hey presto — magician's conjuring words
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- hippogryph — Alternative spelling of hippogriff.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- homography — The state or quality of being spelt homographically; the state or quality of existing as homographs.
- homomorphy — (biology) similarity of form; resemblance in external character or in geometric ground form.
- horn poppy — a European plant, Glaucium flavum, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers, naturalized along sandy shores in eastern North America.
- horography — the art of constructing time-keeping instruments such as watches and clocks
- hyalograph — an instrument used in hyalography.
- hydrograph — a graph of the water level or rate of flow of a body of water as a function of time, showing the seasonal change.
- hydropathy — the curing of disease by the internal and external use of water.
- hydrophane — a partly translucent variety of opal, which becomes more translucent or transparent when immersed in water.
- hydrophile — (chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance.
- hydrophobe — a hydrophobic substance.
- hydrophoby — Archaic form of hydrophobia.
- hydrophone — a device for locating sources of sound under water, as for detecting submarines by the noise of their engines.
- hydrophyte — a plant that grows in water or very moist ground; an aquatic plant.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hydropolyp — an individual animal in a colony of hydroids
- 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).
- hydropower — hydroelectric power.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hydrotrope — (chemistry) A compound that solubilizes hydrophobic compounds in aqueous solutions.
- hyetograph — a map or chart showing the average rainfall for the localities represented.
- hygrograph — a self-recording hygrometer.
- hygrophobe — a plant that grows best with little or no moisture
- hygrophyte — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.