8-letter words containing h, o, p
- hypogeum — Ancient Architecture. the underground part of a building, as a vault.
- hypogyny — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- hyponoia — a slow mental function or imagination
- hyponyms — Plural form of hyponym.
- hyponymy — the state or quality of being a hyponym, a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: A relationship of hyponymy exists between “dog” and “animal.”.
- hypopnea — abnormally shallow and slow breathing.
- hypopyon — an effusion of pus into the anterior chamber of the eye.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- hypothec — Roman and Civil Law. a mortgage or security held by a creditor on the property of a debtor without possession of it, created either by agreement or by operation of law.
- iodophor — a complex of iodine and a surfactant that releases free iodine in solution, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
- iphition — (in the Iliad) a Trojan warrior slain by Achilles.
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isohypse — (meteorology) A line on a map connecting points of equal height of a given pressure level.
- isomorph — an organism that is isomorphic with another or others.
- isopachs — Plural form of isopach.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- isophone — an isogloss marking off an area in which a particular feature of pronunciation is found
- isophote — a line on a diagram or image of a galaxy, nebula, or other celestial object joining points of equal surface brightness
- isopleth — a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- jatropha — Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel.
- job shop — an agency or plant that supplies technical personnel or performs a specific function in a manufacturing process, usually on short-term temporary contracts.
- jodhpuri — of or relating to Jodhpur or its inhabitants
- jodhpurs — Also called Marwar. a former state in NW India, now in Rajasthan.
- john hop — a policeman
- joseph i — 1678–1711, king of Hungary 1687–1711; king of Germany 1690–1711; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1705–11 (son of Leopold I).
- josephus — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), (Joseph ben Matthias) a.d. 37?–c100, Jewish historian and general.
- junkshop — A shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- kolhapur — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.
- kyphosis — an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
- kyphotic — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- lionship — The state of being a lion, or famous person in society.
- log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.
- log ship — log chip.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- long hop — a short-pitched ball, which can easily be hit
- longship — a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.
- loophole — a small or narrow opening, as in a wall, for looking through, for admitting light and air, or, particularly in a fortification, for the discharge of missiles against an enemy outside.
- lopolith — a mass of igneous rock similar to a laccolith but concave downward rather than upward.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- malaphor — (rare neologism) An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
- mephisto — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- moonship — a lunar module
- morosoph — (obsolete) A philosophical or learned fool.
- morpheme — 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).