9-letter words containing h, i, p, o
- sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- sophistry — a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- sophonias — Zephaniah.
- sphygmoid — resembling the pulse; pulselike.
- spotlight — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- stoplight — traffic light.
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- strophoid — a plane curve generated by the loci of points p and pprime; on a straight line that intersects the y-axis at a point n and the minus x-axis at a fixed point q, such that pn = npprime; = on, as on changes, where o is the origin. Equation: y 2 = x 2 (x + a)/(a − x).
- symphonia — any of various medieval musical instruments, as the hurdy-gurdy.
- symphonic — Music. of, for, pertaining to, or having the character of a symphony or symphony orchestra.
- syphiloid — resembling syphilis.
- syphiloma — a tumour or gumma caused by infection with syphilis
- syphoning — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- tephroite — a mineral, silicate of manganese, Mn 2 SiO 4 , occurring in orthorhombic crystals.
- thiophene — a water-insoluble, colorless liquid, C 4 H 4 S, resembling benzene, occurring in crude coal-tar benzene: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
- tightrope — a rope or wire cable, stretched tight, on which acrobats perform feats of balancing.
- tisiphone — one of the Furies.
- toothpick — a small pointed piece of wood, plastic, etc., for removing substances, especially food particles, from between the teeth.
- topstitch — to sew a line of stitches on the face side of (a garment or the like) alongside a seam.
- toxophily — a devotee of archery; archer.
- trimphone — a phone designed in the 1960s
- troopship — a ship for the conveyance of military troops; transport.
- turkophil — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turophile — a connoisseur or lover of cheese.
- tutorship — a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- typhlosis — blindness.
- typhoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- typhoidin — a culture of dead typhoid bacilli used by cutaneous inoculation to detect the presence of a typhoid infection.
- typhonian — of or relating to Typhon
- vitaphone — an early technique in commercial film-making in which the accompanying sound was produced by discs
- whip roll — a roller, located at the back of a loom, that guides the warp ends as they come up from the warp beam on their way to the harness.
- whipcordy — resembling a whipcord
- whipstock — the handle of a whip.
- whipworms — Plural form of whipworm.
- whirlpool — water in swift, circular motion, as that produced by the meeting of opposing currents, often causing a downward spiraling action.
- wirephoto — a device for transmitting photographs over distances by wire. a photograph so transmitted.
- woodchips — Plural form of woodchip.
- worshiped — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- worshiper — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- xenophile — a person who is attracted to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xiphoidal — shaped like a sword
- xiphopagi — Siamese twins joined at the lower sternum
- zoophagia — (pathology) The act of eating living creatures.
- zoophilia — the state of being zoophilous.
- zoophilic — Botany. adapted to pollination by animals, especially those other than insects.
- zoophobia — abnormal fear of animals.
- zoophoric — supporting or having a carved animal figure