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9-letter words containing a, p, h

  • omnigraph — a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.
  • omophagia — the eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
  • omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
  • omphaloid — resembling or similar to the navel
  • ondograph — an instrument for graphically recording oscillatory variations, as in alternating currents.
  • opera hat — a man's tall, collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by springs and usually covered with a black, silky fabric. Also called gibus. Compare beaver1 (def 4), silk hat, top hat.
  • opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
  • orography — the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains.
  • orphanage — an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
  • orphaning — Present participle of orphan.
  • orpharion — (music) A musical instrument of the Renaissance, part of the cittern family, whose metal strings are tuned like a lute's and plucked with the fingers.
  • orthopnea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
  • osteopath — a physician who practices osteopathy.
  • outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
  • outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
  • overcheap — too cheap
  • overhappy — too happy
  • oversharp — too sharp
  • p & h — postage and handling
  • pachelbel — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1706, German organist and composer.
  • pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
  • pachyderm — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • pachynema — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
  • pachytene — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
  • pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
  • packcloth — a cloth used for packing
  • packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
  • packsheet — a cloth used for packing goods
  • paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
  • palm chat — a passerine bird, Dulus dominicus, of Hispaniola and Gonave, in the West Indies, noted for its huge, communal nest, occupied by several pairs of birds.
  • palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
  • pamphylia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
  • pan-human — of, relating to, or affecting all humanity.
  • panchayat — an elective village council in India.
  • panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
  • panhandle — the handle of a pan.
  • pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
  • pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
  • pantheism — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
  • pantheist — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
  • panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
  • pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
  • pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
  • par-three — of, relating to, or noting a small-scale golf course, usually having 18 holes of 150 yards (137 meters) in length from tee to cup on 7 to 40 acres (3 to 16 hectares) of land.
  • parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
  • paragraph — a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
  • paramorph — a pseudomorph formed by a change in crystal structure but not in chemical composition.
  • paranymph — a groomsman or a bridesmaid.
  • pararhyme — a part-rhyme in which the consonants are the same but the vowels are different
  • parathion — a deep-brown to yellow, poisonous liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 NO 5 PS, used as an insecticide.
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