9-letter words containing a, p, h
- pyothorax — empyema.
- pyracanth — a thorny evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha, related to the hawthorn
- pyrograph — an object ornamented by pyrography.
- rajahship — the office or territory of a rajah
- ramamorph — any of a group of extinct Miocene apes of Europe, Asia, and Africa, characterized by large molars and small incisors and typified by the genera Ramapithecus and Sivapithecus.
- ramaphosa — (Matamela) Cyril. born 1952, South African statesman and trade unionist; secretary general of the ANC (1991–97); deputy president of South Africa from 2014
- rap sheet — a record kept by law-enforcement authorities of a person's arrests and convictions.
- rasophore — a monk authorized to wear the rason.
- repechage — (in cycling and rowing) a last-chance qualifying heat in which the runners-up in earlier heats race each other, with the winner advancing to the finals.
- reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
- resharpen — to sharpen again
- rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhipidate — shaped like a fan
- rhizocarp — a plant that fruits underground or whose root remains intact while the leaves die off annually
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- rivalship — rivalry
- road hump — speed bump that slows traffic
- rotograph — a photograph, esp of a manuscript or book, which is printed white on black
- s & h — shipping and handling
- sahaptian — a family of North American Indian languages consisting of Sahaptin and Nez Percé
- saintship — the qualities or status of a saint.
- sapheaded — silly; foolish.
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- sapphired — blue-coloured
- saxophone — a musical wind instrument consisting of a conical, usually brass tube with keys or valves and a mouthpiece with one reed.
- scaldship — the office of a scald or an ancient Scandinavian poet or bard
- scan path — (circuit design) A technique used to increase the controllability and observability of a logic circuit by incorporating "scan registers" into the circuit. Normally these act like flip-flops but they can be switched into a "test" mode where they all become one long shift register. This allows data to be clocked serially through all the scan registers and out of an output pin at the same time as new data is clocked in from an input pin. Using this technique, the state of certain points in the circuit can be examined and modified at any time by suspending normal operation and switching to test mode. If the scan path is placed adjacent to the circuit's input and output pins then this is known as "boundary scan".
- scaphopod — any mollusk of the class Scaphopoda, comprising the tooth shells.
- schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
- scrapheap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- sea perch — surfperch.
- semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- shakspere — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
- shampooed — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- shapeless — having no definite or regular shape or form: a shapeless mass of clay.
- shapewear — undergarments designed to mold or hold a body to a certain shape, as girdles.
- sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
- sharp apl — (language) (Or "Dictionary APL")
- sharp-cut — cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp-cut blade.
- sharp-set — eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
- sharpbill — a passerine bird, Oxyruncus cristatus, of New World tropical forests, having greenish plumage and a pointed bill, related to the tyrant flycatchers.
- sharpener — A sharpener is a tool or machine used for sharpening pencils or knives.
- sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shear pin — an easily replaceable pin inserted in a machine at a critical point and designed to shear and stop the machine if the load becomes too great
- sheephead — a large California food fish, Semicossyphus pulcher, of the wrasse family.
- sheepwalk — a tract of land on which sheep are pastured.