8-letter words containing n, e, p, h
- phonetic — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phoniest — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phosgene — a poisonous, colorless, very volatile liquid or suffocating gas, COCl 2 , a chemical-warfare compound: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- photogen — a light oil obtained by the distillation of bituminous shale, coal, or peat: once commercially produced chiefly as an illuminant and as a solvent.
- phrenism — one of the three vital forces, which are non-physical life forces. Phrenism is the thought force, as opposed to neurism, the nerve force, and bathmism, the growth force.
- pin-hole — a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- pincheck — a very small check woven into fabric, much used in the manufacture of men's and women's suits.
- pinchers — a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pinochet — Augusto (auˈɣusto). 1915-2006, Chilean general and statesman; president of Chile (1974–90) following his overthrow of Allende (1973): charged (2001) with murder and kidnapping but found unfit to stand trial
- pinochle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- pinscher — one of a group of related dogs including the Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, and affenpinscher.
- pinwheel — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- ponchoed — wearing a poncho
- prehnite — a mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, Ca 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 1 0 (OH) 2 , occurring in light-green reniform aggregates or tabular crystals.
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- prepunch — to pierce with holes in advance
- puncheon — a heavy slab of timber, roughly dressed, for use as a floorboard.
- punchier — punch-drunk.
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- sandheap — a heap of sand
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- sheepman — a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.
- shelepin — Alexandr Nikolayevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–1994, Soviet government official.
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- shrapnel — Military. a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. such projectiles collectively.
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- spanghew — to throw into the air
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- sphinges — a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. (usually initial capital letter) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
- stephens — Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
- sulphone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the divalent group –SO2 linked to two other organic groups. Certain sulphones are used in the treatment of leprosy and tuberculosis
- swamphen — any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio.
- synaphea — a continuity of rhythm throughout a poem
- syphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- the open — any wide or unobstructed space or expanse, esp of land or water
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- thiophen — a water-insoluble, colorless liquid, C 4 H 4 S, resembling benzene, occurring in crude coal-tar benzene: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
- tholepin — thole1
- trephine — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- triphone — a group of three phonemes
- uncipher — to decode; decipher
- unhelped — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- unheppen — awkward; untidy
- unpathed — not having a path or paths