9-letter words containing h, o, p, e
- 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).
- ecphoneme — (obsolete) A symbol, !, comprising a vertical line and a dot below, signifying the end of a sentence that is an exclamation.
- ectomorph — a person of the ectomorphic type.
- ectophyte — a parasitic plant growing on an animal or another plant.
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- endolymph — The fluid in the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
- endomorph — A person with a soft round body build and a high proportion of fat tissue.
- endophagy — cannibalism within the same group or tribe
- endophyte — A plant, especially a fungus, that lives inside another plant.
- 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.
- entophyte — endophyte
- ephemeron — An insect that lives only for a day or a few days.
- ephoralty — an ephor's office
- epochally — In an epochal manner.
- 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
- esophagus — The part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.
- esophoria — (ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
- ethiopian — person from Ethiopia
- euphonies — Plural form of euphony.
- euphonism — the use of pleasant-sounding words or phrases
- euphonium — A valved brass musical instrument resembling a small tuba of tenor pitch, played mainly in military and brass bands.
- euphonize — (transitive) To make euphonic.
- euphonous — Alternative form of euphonious.
- euphorbia — A plant of a genus that comprises the spurges.
- 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.
- exophoric — Relating to, or exhibiting, exophora.
- exophytic — (pathology) In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
- exosphere — The outermost region of a planet's atmosphere.
- exstrophy — (medicine) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.
- fish pole — fishing pole.
- fish-pole — a long tapered flexible pole, often in jointed sections, for use with a fishing line and, usually, a reel
- fleshpots — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- flophouse — a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.
- genophobe — A person who has a psychological fear of sexual relations or sexual intercourse.
- geography — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- geophagia — Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.
- geophilic — soil-loving
- geophones — Plural form of geophone.
- geophytes — Plural form of geophyte.
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- geosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- gomphoses — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- gonophore — an asexually produced bud in hydrozoans that gives rise to the equivalent of a medusa.
- good hope — Cape of Good Hope.
- gophering — any of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- gynophobe — a person who hates or fears women