9-letter words containing h, o, p, e
- oversharp — too sharp
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
- palmhouse — a greenhouse for growing tropical plants, esp palms
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- pantyhose — (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.
- parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- parthenon — the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- patchogue — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
- pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- peak-hour — during the busiest hours; used esp of traffic and demand for gas, electricity etc
- pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
- pedophile — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- peep show — a display of objects or pictures viewed through a small opening that is usually fitted with a magnifying lens.
- peep-hole — a small hole or opening through which to peep or look, as in a door.
- peep-show — a display of objects or pictures viewed through a small opening that is usually fitted with a magnifying lens.
- penholder — a holder in which a penpoint is placed.
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- percheron — one of a French breed of draft horses, having a gray or black coat.
- perimorph — a crystal of one mineral enclosing that of another mineral. Compare endomorph (def 1).
- pesthouse — a house or hospital for persons infected with pestilential disease.
- petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
- pewholder — a person who leases or is the owner of a pew or an area of seats in a church
- pforzheim — a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
- phagocyte — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phagosome — a vacuole within a phagocyte that contains bacteria or other ingested particles and that becomes fused with a lysosome.
- phalarope — any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
- phase out — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phellogen — cork cambium, a layer of tissue or secondary meristem external to the true cambium, giving rise to cork tissue.
- phelonion — a liturgical vestment resembling a chasuble.
- phenetole — a colorless, volatile, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 1 0 O.
- phenocopy — the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation.
- phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- 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.