9-letter words containing h, e, r, p
- ciphering — calculating
- clerkship — The position or status of a clerk, especially in the legal profession.
- copperish — resembling copper
- coryphene — either of two large marine percoid fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins and have an iridescent coloration
- cosphered — sharing the same sphere
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
- cupholder — a competitor who has won or successfully defended a specific cup, trophy, championship, etc.; champion.
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
- deathtrap — If you say that a place or vehicle is a deathtrap, you mean it is in such bad condition that it might cause someone's death.
- deciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher.
- departeth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'depart'.
- deprehend — to apprehend (a person)
- earphones — (countable) Plural form of earphone.
- echograph — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
- ecosphere — Also called physiological atmosphere. the part of the atmosphere in which it is possible to breathe normally without aid: the portion of the troposphere from sea level to an altitude of about 13,000 feet (4000 meters).
- ectomorph — a person of the ectomorphic type.
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- ekphrasis — (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
- eldership — Seniority; the state or condition of being older.
- enciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encipher.
- endomorph — A person with a soft round body build and a high proportion of fat tissue.
- endorphin — Any of a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system and having a number of physiological functions. They are peptides that activate the body’s opiate receptors, causing an analgesic effect.
- ensphered — Simple past tense and past participle of ensphere.
- eparchial — Of or pertaining to an eparchy.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- ephedrine — A crystalline alkaloid drug obtained from some ephedras. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used to relieve asthma and hay fever.
- ephemeral — An ephemeral plant.
- ephemeric — Ephemeral.
- ephemerid — (zoology) Any member of the Ephemeridae.
- ephemeris — A table or data file giving the calculated positions of a celestial object at regular intervals throughout a period.
- ephemeron — An insect that lives only for a day or a few days.
- ephoralty — an ephor's office
- epigraphs — Plural form of epigraph.
- epigraphy — The study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions.
- epiphragm — A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
- epirrhema — the address in Greek comedy
- epitapher — one who writes epitaphs
- ergograph — A graph that shows a relation between human activities, or agricultural/climate factors, and a seasonal year.
- eriophyid — a type of microscopic mite that causes plant damage
- esophoria — (ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
- euphrasia — eyebright
- euphrates — a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)
- europhile — One who loves Europe, Europeans, or European culture.
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- exophoria — (ophthalmology) A form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward.