8-letter words containing h, a, l, p
- path lab — pathology laboratory
- pathless — trackless; untrodden: a pathless forest.
- pearlash — commercial potassium carbonate.
- phacelia — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Phacelia, of the waterleaf family, chiefly of the western U.S. and Mexico, having clusters of violet, blue, or white flowers.
- phalange — a phalanx.
- phalloid — having the form of or bearing a similarity to a penis
- philabeg — filibeg.
- philippa — a female given name: derived from Philip.
- phthalic — of or derived from phthalic acid.
- phthalin — any of a group of compounds obtained by the reduction of the phthaleins.
- phylarch — the chief of a tribe in Ancient Greece, and in Athens, the head of a clan in battle, or generally, the chief of a tribe
- phylaxis — medical term for protection against infection
- phyllary — one of the bracts forming the involucre or the head or inflorescence of a composite plant.
- physalia — a marine invertebrate, often confused with a jellyfish, that has a painful sting
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- pilchard — a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
- pillhead — a person who habitually takes pills, especially amphetamines or barbiturates.
- pithball — a small ball of pith suspended on a thread inside an early type of electroscope that would indicate the presence and strength of electric charge in an object near or touching it
- plainish — rather ordinary-looking
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- plashing — a gentle splash.
- play-doh — Play-Doh is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- pleached — having interlaced stems or boughs
- pleather — a synthetic leather
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- plug hat — plug (def 19).
- plutarch — a.d. c46–c120, Greek biographer.
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
- pushball — a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, which two sides attempt to push to opposite goals.
- ramphele — Mamphela. born 1947, Black South African political activist: partner of Steve Biko; a director of the World Bank (2000–04); founded the political party Agang (2013)
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shrapnel — Military. a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. such projectiles collectively.
- slapdash — in a hasty, haphazard manner: He assembled the motor slapdash.
- slaphead — a bald person
- slapshot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- splasher — a person or thing that splashes.
- sulphate — A sulphate is a salt of sulphuric acid.
- telepath — a student of or believer in telepathy.
- thrapple — the throat or windpipe
- ultrahip — extremely trendy or fashionable
- upheaval — strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society: the upheaval of war.
- whiplash — the lash of a whip.
- whiptail — any of numerous New World lizards of the family Teiidae, especially of the genus Cnemidophorus, characterized by great agility and alertness.