10-letter words containing t, r, o, p, h, y
- hypsometer — thermobarometer (def 1).
- hypsometry — vertical control in mapping; the establishment of elevations or altitudes.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- mycotrophy — the symbiotic relationship between a fungus and a living plant.
- myoatrophy — atrophy of muscle.
- myotherapy — A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
- nephrotomy — incision into the kidney, as for the removal of a calculus.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- 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
- pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
- 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.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- photometry — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- photostory — photo essay.
- phototropy — an alteration in the colour of certain substances as a result of being exposed to light of different wavelengths
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
- polyrhythm — the simultaneous occurrence of sharply contrasting rhythms within a composition.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- protonymph — the newly hatched form of various mites
- protophyte — a single-celled plant of the class Protophyta
- pyrethroid — any of several synthetic compounds that are similar to but more persistent than natural pyrethrins.
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- pyrrhotite — a common mineral, iron sulfide, approximately FeS but variable because of a partial absence of ferrous ions, occurring in massive and in crystal forms with a bronze color and metallic luster; magnetic pyrites: generally slightly magnetic.
- pyrrophyta — a phylum in the kingdom Protista comprising the dinoflagellates and cryptomonads.
- pyrrophyte — any of various single-celled, biflagellated algae, of the phylum Pyrrophyta, especially the dinoflagellates.
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- sporophyte — the form of a plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores.
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- therophyte — a plant living only one year or one growing season.
- thixotropy — the property exhibited by certain gels of becoming liquid when stirred or shaken.
- tomography — a machine for making an x-ray of a selected plane of the body.
- top thirty — the thirty most important or successful items in a particular list
- topography — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- trophology — the study or science of nutrition
- tropophyte — a tropophilous plant, as a broad-leaved tree.
- tryptophan — an essential amino acid, (C 8 H 6 N)CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, colorless, crystalline, and aromatic, released from proteins by tryptic digestion and a precursor of serotonin. Symbol: W. Abbreviation: Trp;
- typeholder — a small device for holding a few lines of type, used in stamping titles on book covers, or the like.
- typography — the art or process of printing with type.
- upholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- xerophytes — Plural form of xerophyte.