8-letter words containing h, i, e
- phylesis — evolutionary events that modify an organism or group of organisms without leading to the formation of a new species
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- phyllite — a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- physique — physical or bodily structure, appearance, or development: the physique of an athlete.
- pie dish — a shallow dish that you cook pies in
- pie-hole — a person's mouth
- pierhead — the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
- piershed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- pillhead — a person who habitually takes pills, especially amphetamines or barbiturates.
- pin-hole — a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- pincheck — a very small check woven into fabric, much used in the manufacture of men's and women's suits.
- pinchers — a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pinochet — Augusto (auˈɣusto). 1915-2006, Chilean general and statesman; president of Chile (1974–90) following his overthrow of Allende (1973): charged (2001) with murder and kidnapping but found unfit to stand trial
- pinochle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- pinscher — one of a group of related dogs including the Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, and affenpinscher.
- pinwheel — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
- pipefish — any elongated, marine and sometimes freshwater fish species of the family Syngnathidae, having a tubular snout and covered with bony plates.
- pishogue — sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
- pisshead — a drunkard
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pithless — (of citrus fruit or peel) without any pith
- pithlike — similar to pith
- pixieish — a fairy or sprite, especially a mischievous one.
- plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
- poetship — the state or function of being poet
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- popeship — the office of a pope
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- prebirth — the period, usually six months, preceding a child's birth.
- prechill — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- prefight — of the period before a boxing match
- prehnite — a mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, Ca 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 1 0 (OH) 2 , occurring in light-green reniform aggregates or tabular crystals.
- preweigh — to weigh beforehand
- psephism — (in ancient Athens) a proposition adopted by a majority vote in the public assembly
- psephite — any coarse rock, as breccia or conglomerate.
- pseudish — pretentious
- punchier — punch-drunk.
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- queerish — Somewhat queer.
- rachises — Plural form of rachis.
- railhead — the farthest point to which the rails of a railroad have been laid.
- rathripe — mature or ripe ahead of time
- ravisher — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
- rayleigh — John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.
- red hind — a grouper, Epinephelus guttatus, of Florida, the West Indies, etc., valued as a food fish.
- redditch — a town in W central England, in N Worcestershire: designated a new town in the mid-1960s; metal-working industries. Pop: 74 803 (2001)
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- redshift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.