9-letter words containing e, p, h, l
- dec alpha — (processor) A RISC microprocessor from DEC. In November 1995, the Alpha was purportedly the fastest non-research chip used in commonly available workstations. It is superpipelined and superscalar. In February 1996 it was clocked at 200 MHz and in March 1998 at 666 MHz.
- delphinia — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- delphinin — a violet anthocyanin, C 41 H 38 O 21 , found in the flowers of the larkspur, Delphinium consolida.
- delphinus — a small constellation in the N hemisphere, between Pegasus and Sagitta
- demophile — A friend of the people.
- deplenish — to deprive of contents, such as furniture, stock, etc
- depthless — immeasurably deep; fathomless
- devilship — the office, character, or person of the devil
- didelphid — a marsupial, a member of the Didelphia subclass of mammals
- diphenyl- — containing two phenyl groups in each molecule
- dolphinet — a female dolphin
- el(alpha) — Aims to be a high-level language that knows about real hardware, for systems programming. "Essential Language el(alpha) - A Reduced Expression Set Language for Systems Programming", T. Watanabe et al, SIGPLAN Notices 26(1):85-98.
- eldership — Seniority; the state or condition of being older.
- elephants — Plural form of elephant.
- emphlysis — the outbreak of blisters on the body
- encephala — Plural form of encephalon.
- endolymph — The fluid in the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
- eparchial — Of or pertaining to an eparchy.
- ephemeral — An ephemeral plant.
- ephialtes — (obsolete) an incubus; a nightmare.
- ephippial — Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium.
- ephoralty — an ephor's office
- epilithic — (of plants) growing on the surface of rock
- epithecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- epithelia — Plural form of epithelium.
- epochally — In an epochal manner.
- europhile — One who loves Europe, Europeans, or European culture.
- feldspath — Alternative form of feldspar.
- fish pole — fishing pole.
- fish-pole — a long tapered flexible pole, often in jointed sections, for use with a fishing line and, usually, a reel
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- fleshpots — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- flophouse — a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.
- galumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of galumph.
- galumpher — a person or animal that leaps or moves heavily or clumsily
- geophilic — soil-loving
- glidepath — the course followed by an aircraft or spacecraft when descending for a landing.
- halazepam — a derivative of benzodiazepine, C 17 H 12 ClF 3 N 2 O, used for management of anxiety disorders.
- half step — Music. semitone.
- half-open — (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it
- half-pace — a small stage on which something stands
- half-peck — a unit of dry measure equal to 4 quarts (4.4 liters).
- half-pike — spontoon.
- half-pipe — a half-moon-shaped chute or ramp used by snowboarders and skateboarders to provide a takeoff for a jump.
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- halfpence — Plural form of halfpenny.
- halfpenny — a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
- halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
- halophile — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophobe — a creature that is unable to live in salty conditions