9-letter words containing a, p, h, i, d
- headships — Plural form of headship.
- hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
- hippodame — a sea horse
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hyperarid — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- idiograph — a mark or signature characteristic of a particular person, organization, etc.; trademark. Compare logotype (def 2).
- idiopathy — a disease not preceded or occasioned by any known morbid condition.
- impeached — Simple past tense and past participle of impeach.
- lairdship — the condition of being a laird, or the rank of laird
- lap child — a child who has not yet begun or has just begun to walk.
- misshaped — Simple past tense and past participle of misshape.
- nephridia — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- nymphalid — a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, comprising the brush-footed butterflies.
- omphaloid — resembling or similar to the navel
- pariahdom — an outcast.
- pea aphid — a large green aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, that is a pest of peas, clovers, alfalfa, and similar plants and occurs throughout North America.
- phalangid — an arachnid that belongs to the family Phalangidae
- philander — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- pholidota — the order comprising the pangolins.
- pied shag — a large New Zealand seabird, Phalacrocorax varius, with a white throat and underparts
- pigheaded — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- pinheaded — stupid or foolish.
- printhead — the printing element, as a daisy wheel or thimble, on a computer printer.
- rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhipidate — shaped like a fan
- sapphired — blue-coloured
- scaldship — the office of a scald or an ancient Scandinavian poet or bard
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- skaldship — the office of an ancient Scandinavian poet
- soap dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
- soap-dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
- spadefish — a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- typhoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- upanishad — 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.
- uplandish — of or relating to the uplands
- whip hand — the hand that holds the whip, in driving.
- whipsawed — subjected to a double loss, as when an investor has bought a stock at a high price soon before it declines and then, in order to make good the loss, sells it short before it advances.
- whitedamp — a poisonous coal-mine gas composed chiefly of carbon monoxide.
- wind harp — aeolian harp.
- xiphoidal — shaped like a sword