10-letter words containing yp
- fluorotype — an early form of photograph produced on paper treated with sodium fluoride
- flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
- flyposting — the posting of advertising or political bills, posters, etc in unauthorized places
- fortypenny — being 5 inches (13 cm) long: a fortypenny nail. Symbol: 40d.
- genotyping — Present participle of genotype.
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- glyptodont — any edentate mammal of the extinct genus Glyptodon, of the Pleistocene Epoch, having the body covered by a horny and bony armor.
- gypsophila — any plant belonging to the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family, native to Mediterranean regions, having small, panicled, pink or white flowers, as baby's breath.
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- gypsy moth — a moth, Porthetria dispar, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of shade and other trees.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- heavy type — type that is thicker and blacker than normal type
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- 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.
- hippogryph — Alternative spelling of hippogriff.
- hokeypokey — (US) A group dance performed in a circle, in which people move various of their body parts in and out of the middle, and shake them about.
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- hydropolyp — an individual animal in a colony of hydroids
- hypabyssal — (of an igneous rock) intermediate in texture between coarse-grained intrusive rocks and fine-grained extrusive rocks.
- hypaethral — (of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.
- hypaethron — a part of a building or court which is open to the sky
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hypanthium — a cup-shaped or tubular body formed by the conjoined sepals, petals, and stamens.
- hype cycle — a term coined by Gartner to refer to the five phases he considers a new technology or product to go through from its launch to its stabilization on the market
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- hyperaemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hyperalert — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperaphia — abnormal sensitivity to touch.
- hyperaware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
- hyperbaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hypobaric.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hyperboles — Plural form of hyperbole.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- hypercubes — Plural form of hypercube.
- hyperdense — (medicine) Extremely dense.
- hyperdrive — (in science fiction) a propulsion system for travel in hyperspace.
- hyperdulia — the veneration offered to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of creatures.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hypergraph — (mathematics) A generalization of a graph, in which edges can connect any number of vertices.
- hyperlapse — Lb photography A form of time-lapse photography where the camera is gradually moved across a long distance, such as down a highway, and a frame is captured at each new position.
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- hyperlinks — Plural form of hyperlink.
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hypermania — excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer.