10-letter words containing n, a, d, p, h
- hyphenated — of or relating to something of distinct form or origin that has been joined; connected by a hyphen.
- hypnodrama — the acting out of a traumatic experience, under hypnosis, by a person undergoing psychotherapy.
- hypnopedia — sleep learning.
- hypoadenia — a deficiency of glandular activity.
- hypodorian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A
- hypolydian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- launch pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- megaphoned — Simple past tense and past participle of megaphone.
- midshipman — a student, as at the U.S. Naval Academy, in training for commission as ensign in the Navy or second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Compare cadet (def 2).
- nephridial — Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
- on the pad — a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- openhanded — generous; liberal: openhanded hospitality.
- orphanhood — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- panhandler — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
- patchstand — a small tazza.
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- phagedaena — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phagedenic — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phalloidin — a peptide toxin, responsible for the toxicity of the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides
- phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- ploughland — land that is ploughed for growing crops
- pranidhana — (in Mahayana Buddhism) the resolution not to enter nirvana until all beings are ready to enter.
- punch card — punched card
- punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
- radiophone — a radiotelephone.
- rhodophane — the red colour found in the inner cones of the retina in animals
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- shadow pin — a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- sweep hand — a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
- unhampered — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- upanishads — any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
- upper hand — the dominating or controlling position; advantage: to have the upper hand in the fight.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- xiphoidian — (anatomy, rare) xiphoid.