10-letter words containing t, e, l, p, h
- half-plate — a size of plate measuring 61⁄2 × 41⁄4 inches
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- hartlepool — a seaport city in NE England.
- health spa — a resort or a special building or room where a person may exercise, swim, or otherwise condition the body.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- heliophyte — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliotrope — any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- hellespont — ancient name of the Dardanelles.
- hemipteral — of or relating to a hemipterous insect
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
- heterophil — Also, heterophilic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen.
- hilltopper — the top or summit of a hill.
- hip-length — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
- home plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hypaethral — (of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.
- hyperalert — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypomotile — Less than usually motile.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- italophile — a person who admires Italian customs, traditions, etc.
- kelyphitic — as in kelyphitic rim, a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- light pipe — optical fibre
- lighten up — be less serious
- lightplane — a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.
- lightspeed — The speed of light.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- lithophane — a transparency made of thin porcelain or bone china having an intaglio design.
- lithophile — (of a chemical element) concentrated in the earth's crust, rather than in the core or mantle.
- lithophone — a Chinese stone chime consisting of 16 stone slabs hung in two rows and struck with a hammer.
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.