9-letter words containing o, p, h, t
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- punch out — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-out — a small section of cardboard or metal surrounded by perforations so that it can be easily forced out.
- push shot — Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point relatively distant from the basket, in which a player shoots the ball from shoulder level or above.
- puss moth — a large pale prominent moth, Cerura vinula, whose larvae feed on willow and poplar, and are bright green with a masklike red head and claspers modified as "tails" that are protruded and raised in a state of alarm: family Notodontidae
- put forth — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- putonghua — the form of Chinese, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, adopted as the official national language of China.
- pyothorax — empyema.
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rheotrope — a device that reverses an electric current
- rotograph — a photograph, esp of a manuscript or book, which is printed white on black
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- scotophil — living and flourishing in darkness.
- sheepcote — a pen or covered enclosure for sheep.
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- shopfront — the area of a shop that faces street
- shortstop — Baseball. the position of the player covering the area of the infield between second and third base. a fielder who covers this position.
- shotpoint — A shotpoint is a place at the surface of the Earth where a seismic source is activated.
- shotproof — able to withstand shot
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- slap shot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- slo pitch — slow pitch
- slo-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- snap shot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snapshoot — to take a snapshot of (a subject).
- sociopath — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- sophistry — a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- southport — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England: resort.
- spaceshot — a launch of a space vehicle beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- splotches — a large, irregular spot; blot; stain; blotch.
- spot cash — an amount of money paid immediately in cash
- spotlight — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- staphylo- — uvula
- stop bath — an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.
- stoplight — traffic light.
- stopwatch — a watch with a hand or hands that can be stopped or started at any instant, used for precise timing, as in races.
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- strophoid — a plane curve generated by the loci of points p and pprime; on a straight line that intersects the y-axis at a point n and the minus x-axis at a fixed point q, such that pn = npprime; = on, as on changes, where o is the origin. Equation: y 2 = x 2 (x + a)/(a − x).
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- sweatshop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sweetshop — a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- synth-pop — a type of pop music in which synthesizers are used to create the dominant sound
- table-hop — to move about in a restaurant, nightclub, or the like, chatting with people at various tables.
- talk shop — a retail store, especially a small one.
- tallyshop — a store specializing in selling merchandise on the hire-purchase system.
- tap shoes — shoes worn by tap-dancers which are equipped with taps that make a rhythmic sound when the shoes are used for dancing