10-letter words containing s, p, o, n, h
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- orpharions — Plural form of orpharion.
- oven chips — chips or fries that can be cooked in the oven
- p. johnson — Andrew, 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.
- pansophism — a claim or pretension to pansophy.
- pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- 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.
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- 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.
- phlogiston — a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.
- 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.
- phosphonic — of or relating to phosponic acid or anything derived from it
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- phototonus — the normal condition of sensitiveness to light in organisms or their organs.
- pincushion — a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- poison haw — a shrub, Viburnum molle, of the central U.S., having white flowers and bluish-black fruit.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- prehension — the act of seizing or grasping.
- print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
- pronephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, which becomes the functional kidney of certain primitive fishes.
- prosphoron — an uncut loaf of altar bread before it is consecrated.
- psychogony — the development or origin of the soul or mind
- push along — to go away
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- pushbutton — A pushbutton machine or process is controlled by means of buttons or switches.
- pyrrhonism — the Skeptic doctrines of Pyrrho and his followers.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- scyphozoan — any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes.
- sextonship — the office of a sexton
- shadow pin — a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.
- shape note — a musical note in which the degree of the scale is indicated by the shape of the note's head.
- ship money — a tax levied to finance the fitting out of warships: abolished 1640
- shop front — A shop front is the outside part of a shop which faces the street, including the door and windows.
- shopwindow — a window used for display of merchandise.