9-letter words containing h, e, a, p
- melphalan — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- merneptah — king of ancient Egypt c1225–c1215 b.c. (son of Ramses II).
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- metaphase — the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.
- metaphone — (algorithm, text) An algorithm for encoding a word so that similar sounding words encode the same. It's similar to soundex in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation it's more accurate. The higher accuracy doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more computational power as well as more storage capacity, but neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive. It is in the public domain so it can be freely implemented. Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <[email protected]>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphyte — a multicellular plant.
- mishappen — (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
- misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
- misshaped — Simple past tense and past participle of misshape.
- misshapen — badly shaped; deformed.
- misshapes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misshape.
- monophase — (electricity) Having a single phase of alternating current.
- moonphase — a phase of the moon
- mophandle — The handle of a mop.
- mphahlele — Ezekiel (Es'kia Mphahlele) 1919–2008, South African writer.
- muck heap — a pile of dung, soil or refuse
- muckheaps — Plural form of muckheap.
- naphthene — any of a group of hydrocarbon ring compounds of the general formula, C n H 2n , derivatives of cyclopentane and cyclohexane, found in certain petroleums.
- nemophila — any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
- neophilia — Love of new things.
- neophobia — Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new, novel, or unfamiliar.
- nephalism — teetotalism; abstinence from alcohol
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- nephogram — a photograph of a cloud
- nephridia — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- nymphaeum — a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
- oleograph — a chromolithograph printed in oil colors on canvas or cloth.
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- 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.
- orphanage — an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
- orthopnea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- osteopath — a physician who practices osteopathy.
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- overcheap — too cheap
- overhappy — too happy
- oversharp — too sharp
- pachelbel — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1706, German organist and composer.
- 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.
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- packsheet — a cloth used for packing goods
- paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- panhandle — the handle of a pan.
- 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.