9-letter words containing p, a, t, c, h
- cyclepath — a special path for the exclusive use of cyclists
- cytopathy — a disease or disorder of a cell
- cytophagy — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- death cap — a poisonous woodland saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus, Amanita phalloides, differing from the edible mushroom (Agaricus) only in its white gills (pinkish-brown in Agaricus) and the presence of a volva
- death cup — a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita.
- dutch cap — a woman's lace cap with triangular flaps, characteristic of Dutch national dress
- dutch lap — a method of laying shingles, slates, or the like, in which each shingle or slate overlaps those below and to one side and is itself overlapped by those above and to the other side.
- emphatics — Plural form of emphatic.
- epitaphic — Pertaining to an epitaph.
- epithecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- eye patch — covering for one eye
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- graphitic — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- haplontic — (chiefly of an alga or other lower plant) having a life cycle in which the main form is haploid, with a diploid zygote being formed only briefly.
- hepaticas — Plural form of hepatica.
- hepatitic — Related to hepatitis and other liver diseases.
- hepatoxic — Exhibiting hepatoxicity.
- heptarchs — Plural form of heptarch.
- heptarchy — (often initial capital letter) the seven principal concurrent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms supposed to have existed in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- hepteract — (mathematics) A seven-dimensional hypercube.
- hopatcong — a town in N New Jersey.
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- lap-chart — a log of every lap covered by each car in a race, showing the exact position throughout
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- matchplay — Alternative form of match play.
- myopathic — Pertaining to myopathy.
- nightcaps — Plural form of nightcap.
- oil patch — an area in which oil is produced.
- omphacite — a pale-green variety of pyroxene similar to olivine, found in eclogite.
- opthalmic — Misspelling of ophthalmic.
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- pachytene — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
- packcloth — a cloth used for packing
- packsheet — a cloth used for packing goods
- palm chat — a passerine bird, Dulus dominicus, of Hispaniola and Gonave, in the West Indies, noted for its huge, communal nest, occupied by several pairs of birds.
- panchayat — an elective village council in India.
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
- parchment — the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared for use as a material on which to write.
- parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- patchogue — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- patchouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- patriarch — the male head of a family or tribal line.
- pentarchy — a government by five persons.
- petechiae — a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.