10-letter words that end in p
- hang it up — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- haplogroup — Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.
- heat cramp — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- hetmanship — the position of a hetman
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- honor camp — a prison work camp operating on an honor system.
- hooded top — a top to a secretary, chest, etc., following in outline a single- or double-curved pediment on the front of the piece.
- horse-whip — a whip for controlling horses.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- hydropolyp — an individual animal in a colony of hydroids
- hypersleep — (scifi) A form of suspended animation in which the body's functions are not merely slowed down but halted entirely.
- intergroup — taking place or being between groups: intergroup relationships.
- internship — the state or condition of being an intern.
- intertroop — occurring or existing between two or more troops
- intragroup — Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- jaw's-harp — Jew's harp.
- jew's harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- jew's-harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- jockey cap — a cap with a long visor, worn by jockeys.
- jockeyship — the art or skill of a jockey
- juliet cap — a skullcap, often set with pearls or other gems, worn by women for semiformal or bridal wear.
- kaisership — the office of kaiser.
- keep it up — maintain at same pace or level
- killer app — a highly innovative, very powerful, or extremely useful computer application; esp one sufficiently important as to justify purchase of the equipment or software
- kirby grip — type of hairgrip
- knightship — The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.
- knocked up — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- krung thep — Bangkok
- labor camp — Also called slave labor camp. a penal colony where inmates are forced to work.
- lagered-up — intoxicated, esp after drinking lager
- laser trap — a device in which atoms or particles are slowed by the use of lasers and then confined to a small region of space.
- last sleep — death
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaky heap — memory leak
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- lemon drop — a lemon-flavored lozenge.
- let it rip — If you let it rip, you do something forcefully and without trying to control yourself.
- light trap — any mechanical arrangement that allows some form of movement to take place while excluding light, such as a light-proof door or the lips of a film cassette
- lighten up — be less serious
- linear map — (mathematics) (Or "linear transformation") A function from a vector space to a vector space which respects the additive and multiplicative structures of the two: that is, for any two vectors, u, v, in the source vector space and any scalar, k, in the field over which it is a vector space, a linear map f satisfies f(u+kv) = f(u) + kf(v).
- live it up — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- local loop — (communications) The circuits between a telephone subscriber's residence or business and the switching equipment at the local central office.
- look sharp — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lose sleep — If you say that you didn't lose any sleep over something, you mean that you did not worry about it at all.
- loving cup — a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
- market cap — A market cap is the total market value of all the shares in a company.