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8-letter words containing o, p, h, t

  • mosh pit — Slang. an area usually in front of a stage where people mosh at rock concerts.
  • multihop — (networking) Proceeding in multiple hops.
  • myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
  • naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
  • neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
  • netphone — A telephone that connects through the internet.
  • northropJohn Howard, 1891–1987, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1946.
  • northrup — a male given name.
  • notch up — make score marks to count
  • octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool
  • oliphantMargaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
  • opheltes — the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.
  • opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
  • orthoepy — the study of correct pronunciation.
  • orthopod — an orthopedist.
  • outpitch — to exceed in pitching
  • outpunch — to punch better than
  • pantheon — a national monument in Paris, France, used as a sepulcher for eminent French persons, begun in 1764 by Soufflot as the church of Ste. Geneviève and secularized in 1885.
  • pathogen — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
  • pathoses — a diseased condition.
  • pathosis — a diseased condition.
  • peamouth — a minnow, Mylocheilus caurinus, of northwestern U.S. and British Columbian waters.
  • pesthole — a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease.
  • pet shop — a shop selling animals intended as pets
  • phaethon — a son of Helios who borrowed the chariot of the sun and drove it so close to earth that Zeus struck him down to save the world.
  • phaistos — an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery objects unearthed here.
  • phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
  • philomot — having the same colour as that of a dead leaf
  • phimotic — constriction of the orifice of the prepuce so as to prevent the foreskin from being drawn back to uncover the glans penis.
  • 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.
  • photinia — any of various trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Photinia, of the rose family, having clusters of small white flowers and red, berrylike fruit.
  • photo cd — (multimedia, specification, standard, storage, graphics)   A standard for storing photographic images on CD-ROM, produced by Kodak.
  • photo id — a piece of personal identification that contains a photograph
  • photofit — A Photofit is a picture of someone wanted by the police which is made up of several photographs or drawings of different parts of the face. Compare e-fit, , identikit.
  • 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.
  • photomap — a mosaic of aerial photographs marked as a map, with grid lines, place-names, etc.
  • photonic — of or relating to processes involving photons.
  • photopia — vision in bright light (opposed to scotopia).
  • photoset — photocompose.
  • phytonic — of or relating to a phyton
  • phytosis — a disease which is caused by a vegetable parasite, for example a fungus
  • 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
  • pisolith — a pea-size calcareous concretion, larger than an oolith, aggregates of which constitute a pisolite.
  • pitch on — to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like).
  • pitchout — Baseball. a ball purposely thrown by a pitcher too far outside of the plate for the batter to hit, especially in anticipation of an attempted steal by a base runner.
  • pitchpot — a pot used by sailors for heating pitch.
  • plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
  • plymouth — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
  • pochette — kit2 .
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