10-letter words containing h, y
- arthrotomy — (medicine) The surgical incision of a joint.
- asphyxiant — causing asphyxia
- asphyxiate — If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
- assythment — the recompense or redress made for wrongs or damage committed
- asynchrony — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- athermancy — an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- authourity — Obsolete form of authority.
- autography — the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
- autotrophy — (in certain plants and bacteria) the process of making food from inorganic substances, using photosynthesis
- auxotrophy — the inability to synthesize particular growth factors, due to mutational changes
- ayatollahs — Plural form of ayatollah.
- baby coach — a baby carriage.
- baby tooth — Your baby teeth are the first teeth that grow in your mouth, which later fall out and are replaced by a second set.
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- ballyhooed — a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
- barysphere — centrosphere (def 2).
- bat chayil — (in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
- bathymeter — An instrument used to measure the depth of water in oceans, seas, or lakes.
- bathymetry — measurement of the depth of an ocean or other large body of water
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- bay wreath — (In Greek and Roman times) a wreath of laurel leaves, worn by a victor
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
- biophysics — the physics of biological processes and the application of methods used in physics to biology
- biopsychic — of, relating to, or comprising psychological and biological phenomena.
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- blimpishly — in a blimpish manner
- body check — the fair block of an opponent who has the puck by bumping with the body, shoulder to hip, from the front or side
- body forth — to give shape or form to
- body punch — a blow to the body of an opponent
- body shirt — a close-fitting shirt or blouse having a shape and seams that follow the contours of the body.
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bogey hole — a natural pool used for swimming
- bogey-hole — a swimming hole.
- boob happy — suffering from the mental strain caused by the difficulties of prison life
- boy/oh boy — Some people say 'boy' or 'oh boy' in order to express feelings of excitement or admiration.
- brachyaxis — the shorter lateral axis of a monoclinic, orthorhombic, or triclinic crystal
- brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal
- brachylogy — a concise style in speech or writing
- brachyuran — any decapod crustacean of the group (formerly suborder) Brachyura, which includes the crabs
- buddh gaya — a town in NE India, in Bihar: site of the sacred bo tree under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha; pilgrimage centre. Pop: 30 883 (2001)
- buddhology — the study of Buddha and of Buddhahood.
- buggy whip — horsewhip
- bunchberry — a dwarf variety of dogwood native to North America, Cornus canadensis, having red berries
- bunny chow — a dish consisting of a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry