10-letter words containing l, s, h, a, p, e
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- 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.
- irish pale — pale2 (def 6).
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- lamp shell — a mollusklike marine animal; brachiopod.
- lamp-shade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampshades — Plural form of lampshade.
- 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.
- legateship — The office or authority of a legate.
- lexiphanes — Plural form of lexiphane.
- multiphase — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
- paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
- pale horse — a representation of Death, as in literature or the Bible.
- pebbledash — to cover with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- phase rule — a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three phases, has no degrees of freedom. Compare variance (def 4).
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phraseless — lacking in a phrase or phrases
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- push plate — a rectangular protective plate of metal, plastic, ceramic, or other material applied vertically to the lock stile of a door.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- scapewheel — escape wheel.
- sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
- shapetools — (tool, programming) A code management system for Unix from The Technical University of Berlin.
- shiplapped — of, related to, or resembling shiplap
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
- slave ship — a ship for transporting slaves from their native homes to places of bondage.
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- slavophobe — a person who fears or hates the Slavs, their influence, or things Slavic.
- sleepyhead — a sleepy person.
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- spathulate — spatulate.
- sphacelate — affected with gangrene
- sphalerite — a very common mineral, zinc sulfide, ZnS, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium, occurring in yellow, brown, or black crystals or cleavable masses with resinous luster: the principal ore of zinc and cadmium; blackjack.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- sulphatase — an enzyme of the esterase group that catalyses the hydrolysis of sulphate esters
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group