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9-letter words containing h, e, p

  • sunn-hemp — a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
  • superchic — highly or very chic
  • superheat — the state of being superheated.
  • superhero — a hero, especially in children's comic books and television cartoons, possessing extraordinary, often magical powers.
  • superhigh — extremely high
  • superhive — super (def 3).
  • superhype — exaggerated hype
  • superrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
  • supershow — an exceptional show
  • superthin — extremely thin
  • surfperch — any of several fishes of the family Embiotocidae, inhabiting shallow waters along the Pacific coast of North America.
  • sweatshop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
  • sweetshop — a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets
  • sylphlike — a slender, graceful woman or girl.
  • synalepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
  • syphilize — to inoculate with the syphilis virus as a means of curing or preventing the disease
  • table-hop — to move about in a restaurant, nightclub, or the like, chatting with people at various tables.
  • tachypnea — excessively rapid respiration.
  • 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
  • tape head — a device which converts electrical signals to magnetic fluctuations and back again; used in tape recorders
  • technopop — synthpop.
  • telegraph — an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
  • telepathy — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
  • telepheme — a message sent by telephone
  • telephone — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
  • telephony — the construction or operation of telephones or telephonic systems.
  • telephoto — noting or pertaining to telephotography.
  • 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.
  • tempelhof — a district of S West Berlin: international airport.
  • tephigram — a chart depicting variations in atmospheric conditions relative to altitude
  • tephroite — a mineral, silicate of manganese, Mn 2 SiO 4 , occurring in orthorhombic crystals.
  • textphone — A textphone is a telephone with a screen and a keyboard, designed for people with hearing problems.
  • thaneship — thanage.
  • the apple — Big Apple
  • the gapes — a disease of young poultry and birds, characterized by gasping and choking and caused by gapeworms
  • the mopes — low spirits
  • the pinch — sharp, painful, or extreme stress, need, etc
  • the pinta — one of the three ships commanded by Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)
  • the pipes — the bagpipes
  • the polls — the place where people vote during an election
  • the press — the printed media
  • the ropes — the fence made of rope that is around the edge of the area where a boxing or wrestling match takes place
  • the strap — a beating with a strap as a punishment
  • the-wasps — a satirical comedy (422 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
  • theme pub — A theme pub is a pub that has been decorated and furnished in a style that is often based on a particular country or type of activity.
  • 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.
  • theosophy — any of various forms of philosophical or religious thought based on a mystical insight into the divine nature.
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