10-letter words containing p, y, t, h
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- mastopathy — any disease of the breast.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- mesophytes — Plural form of mesophyte.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metaphysis — (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- mycotrophy — the symbiotic relationship between a fungus and a living plant.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- myoatrophy — atrophy of muscle.
- myopathies — Plural form of myopathy.
- myotherapy — A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
- mythopoeia — a mythopoeic act, circumstance, characteristic, etc.
- mythopoeic — of or relating to the making of myths; causing, producing, or giving rise to myths.
- naprapathy — a system or method of treating disease that employs no medications but uses manipulation of muscles, joints, ligaments, etc., to stimulate the natural healing process.
- nephrotomy — incision into the kidney, as for the removal of a calculus.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- nostopathy — a fear of returning home, often observed in those who have been in institutions such as prison or hospital for a long time
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- nympholept — a person seized with nympholepsy.
- ophiolatry — the worship of snakes.
- opotherapy — organotherapy.
- orthophyre — feldspar rock
- orthopraxy — correctness or orthodoxy of action or practice.
- orthotropy — the state of being either orthotropic or orthotropous
- 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.
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- pantophagy — the consumption of all types of food
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- party whip — whip (def 21).
- pathognomy — the study of the symptoms or characteristics of a disease; diagnosis.
- patriarchy — a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe.
- pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
- pentaptych — a work of art consisting of five panels or sections.
- periphytic — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- periphyton — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- petroglyph — a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phantastry — a display of flamboyance or extravagance