8-letter words containing o, p, h
- morpheus — Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
- morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- morphing — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- morphism — (mathematics, formally) an arrow in a category.
- mosh pit — Slang. an area usually in front of a stage where people mosh at rock concerts.
- multihop — (networking) Proceeding in multiple hops.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- myophily — pollination of plants by flies
- 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.
- neohippy — A new age hippy.
- neomorph — (genetics) a gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
- neophobe — One who dislikes new or novel things.
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephelo- — clouds, cloudy
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- nephrons — Plural form of nephron.
- netphone — A telephone that connects through the internet.
- new hope — a town in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- no-hoper — a useless person from whom nothing can be expected.
- nonhappy — (philosophy) Not happy.
- northrop — John Howard, 1891–1987, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1946.
- northrup — a male given name.
- notch up — make score marks to count
- nymphoid — Of or pertaining to a nymph.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool
- odograph — a recording odometer.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- omophagy — The eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- omphalo- — navel, umbilicus
- omphalos — the navel; umbilicus.
- oophoro- — ovary or ovaries
- oophoron — an ovary
- oosphere — an unfertilized egg within an oogonium.
- openhole — Openhole describes an uncased (=having no casing or liner) part of a well.
- 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.
- ophidian — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes), comprising the snakes.
- ophidiid — any fish of the family Ophidiidae, comprising the cusk-eels.
- ophidism — Poisoning by snake venom.
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- orphaned — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- orthoepy — the study of correct pronunciation.
- orthopod — an orthopedist.
- outpitch — to exceed in pitching
- outpunch — to punch better than
- overheap — to supply too much
- overhope — excessive hope