9-letter words containing a, p, o, t, h
- photocall — a time arranged for photographers, esp press photographers, to take pictures of a celebrity, the cast of a play, etc, usually for publicity purposes
- photocard — A photocard is a card with a person's photograph on it, which they can use to prove who they are.
- photogram — a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
- photomask — an opaque image on a transparent plate that is used to filter light so the image can be transferred, used in photolithography applications
- photoplay — a motion-picture scenario; screenplay.
- photopsia — a rare disease of the eye's retina that results in the perception of flashes of light
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- photostat — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- podotheca — the horny integument covering unfeathered portions of the legs and toes of most birds.
- polyantha — a type of clustering flower
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polymathy — learning in many fields; encyclopedic knowledge.
- porchetta — Italian boneless stuffed pork cut from a whole roast pig
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- posthaste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
- pothecary — apothecary.
- prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prothorax — the anterior division of the thorax of an insect, bearing the first pair of legs.
- putonghua — the form of Chinese, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, adopted as the official national language of China.
- pyothorax — empyema.
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rotograph — a photograph, esp of a manuscript or book, which is printed white on black
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- slap shot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- snap shot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snapshoot — to take a snapshot of (a subject).
- sociopath — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- spaceshot — a launch of a space vehicle beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- spot cash — an amount of money paid immediately in cash
- staphylo- — uvula
- stop bath — an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.
- stopwatch — a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races.
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- sweatshop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- table-hop — to move about in a restaurant, nightclub, or the like, chatting with people at various tables.
- talk shop — a retail store, especially a small one.
- tallyshop — a store specializing in selling merchandise on the hire-purchase system.
- tap shoes — shoes worn by tap-dancers which are equipped with taps that make a rhythmic sound when the shoes are used for dancing
- tape echo — a means of delaying the repeat of a sound by adjusting the time lapse between the recording and playback heads of a tape recorder
- taphonomy — the circumstances and processes of fossilization.
- telophase — the final stage of meiosis or mitosis, in which the separated chromosomes reach the opposite poles of the dividing cell and the nuclei of the daughter cells form around the two sets of chromosomes.
- theopathy — religious emotion excited by the contemplation of God.
- theophagy — the sacramental eating of a god
- theophany — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- tomograph — a machine for making an x-ray of a selected plane of the body.
- top whack — the maximum price