9-letter words containing h, e, p
- perishing — causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death: lost in the perishing cold.
- perthitic — relating to, consisting of, or having a similarity to perthite
- peshmerga — a member of the armed forces in the autonomous Kurdish-controlled region of NE Iraq
- pesthouse — a house or hospital for persons infected with pestilential disease.
- petahertz — one quadrillion (10 15) hertz. Abbreviation: PHz.
- petechiae — a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
- petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
- pethidine — a white crystalline water-soluble drug used as an analgesic. Formula: C15H21NO2.HCl
- petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
- pewholder — a person who leases or is the owner of a pew or an area of seats in a church
- pforzheim — a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phaeacian — an island nation on the shores of which Odysseus was shipwrecked and discovered by Nausicaä.
- phagedena — a severe, destructive, eroding ulcer.
- phagocyte — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phagosome — a vacuole within a phagocyte that contains bacteria or other ingested particles and that becomes fused with a lysosome.
- phalanger — any of numerous arboreal marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, of Australia, having foxlike ears and a long, bushy tail.
- phalanges — a plural of phalanx.
- phalarope — any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
- phalluses — an image of the male reproductive organ, especially that carried in procession in ancient festivals of Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbolizing the generative power in nature.
- phanerite — any igneous rock whose grains are visible to the naked eye.
- pharisees — a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- phase out — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phellogen — cork cambium, a layer of tissue or secondary meristem external to the true cambium, giving rise to cork tissue.
- phelonion — a liturgical vestment resembling a chasuble.
- phenacite — a rare vitreous mineral, beryllium silicate, Be 2 SiO 4 , occurring in crystals, sometimes used as a gem.
- phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
- phenakite — a very hard, glassy, rhombohedral mineral, Be2SiO4, of various colors, sometimes used as a gem; beryllium silicate
- phenazine — a yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 1 2 H 8 N 2 , used in organic synthesis chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.
- phenetics — classification of organisms based on measurable similarities and differences rather than genetic makeup and evolutionary descent.
- phenetole — a colorless, volatile, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 1 0 O.
- phenocopy — the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation.
- phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phenolion — phelonion.
- phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
- phenomena — a plural of phenomenon.
- phenotype — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phenoxide — phenolate (def 1).
- phenylene — containing a phenylene group.
- phenytoin — a barbiturate-related substance, C 1 5 H 1 2 N 2 O 2 , used as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of grand mal epilepsy and in focal seizures.
- pheromone — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
- philander — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- philately — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
- philomela — the nightingale.