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9-letter words containing h, o, p, e, i

  • idiophone — An instrument the whole of which vibrates to produce a sound when struck, shaken, or scraped, such as a bell, gong, or rattle.
  • iodophile — taking an intense iodine stain
  • ionophore — a lipid-soluble substance capable of transporting specific ions through cellular membranes.
  • isopleths — Plural form of isopleth.
  • joseph ii — 1741–90, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1765–90 (son of Francis I; brother of Leopold II and Marie Antoinette).
  • josephineEmpress (Marie Joséphine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie) Beauharnais, Joséphine de.
  • lexophile — A lover of words, especially in word games, puzzles, anagrams, palindromes, etc.
  • lithopone — a white pigment consisting of zinc sulfide, barium sulfate, and some zinc oxide, used as a pigment and filler in the manufacture of paints, inks, leather, paper, linoleum, and face powders.
  • logophile — a lover of words.
  • lyophiled — (of blood, serum, tissue, etc) freeze-dried
  • mesophile — mesophilic.
  • morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
  • mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
  • necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
  • negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
  • nemophila — any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
  • neohippie — Alternative form of neohippy.
  • neophilia — Love of new things.
  • neophobia — Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new, novel, or unfamiliar.
  • neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
  • neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
  • nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
  • nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
  • neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
  • oenophile — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
  • oenophily — a liking for or expert knowledge of wine
  • omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
  • ophiolite — an assemblage of mafic igneous rocks representing remnants of former oceanic crust.
  • oppenheim — E(dward) Phillips, 1866–1946, English novelist.
  • orthoepic — Of or pertaining to orthoepy.
  • overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
  • ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
  • pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
  • parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
  • pedophile — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
  • pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
  • perimorph — a crystal of one mineral enclosing that of another mineral. Compare endomorph (def 1).
  • petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
  • pforzheim — a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
  • phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
  • phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
  • phelonion — a liturgical vestment resembling a chasuble.
  • 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.
  • phenoxide — phenolate (def 1).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • philopena — a custom, presumably of German origin, in which two persons share the kernels of a nut and determine that one shall receive a forfeit from the other at a later time upon the saying of a certain word or the performance of a certain action.
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