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9-letter words containing h, o, p, n

  • omnigraph — a device for converting Morse Code signals that are punched on a tape into audio signals, used in the training of telegraph operators.
  • ondograph — an instrument for graphically recording oscillatory variations, as in alternating currents.
  • open shop — a factory, office, or other business establishment in which a union, chosen by a majority of the employees, acts as representative of all the employees in making agreements with the employer, but in which union membership is not a condition of employment.
  • opisthion — (anatomy) The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull.
  • oppenheim — E(dward) Phillips, 1866–1946, English novelist.
  • optophone — an electronic device that scans ordinary printed characters and produces combinations of sounds, enabling a blind reader to recognize the characters.
  • orphanage — an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
  • orphaning — Present participle of orphan.
  • orpharion — (music) A musical instrument of the Renaissance, part of the cittern family, whose metal strings are tuned like a lute's and plucked with the fingers.
  • orthopnea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
  • ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
  • pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
  • 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.
  • parathion — a deep-brown to yellow, poisonous liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 NO 5 PS, used as an insecticide.
  • 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.
  • parsonish — like a parson
  • 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.”.
  • pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
  • pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
  • pawn shop — shop that makes loans on personal property
  • pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
  • 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.
  • phanotron — a hot-cathode gas diode.
  • pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
  • pharyngo- — pharynx
  • 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.
  • phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
  • phenomena — a plural of phenomenon.
  • phenotype — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • 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.
  • pheromone — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
  • philogyny — love of or liking for women.
  • 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.
  • phlorizin — a bitter, crystalline glucoside, C 2 1 H 2 4 O 1 0 , obtained from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, etc.: formerly used as a tonic and in the treatment of malaria; now used chiefly in biochemical research.
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