8-letter words containing p, a, t, h, i
- pathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathosis — a diseased condition.
- peatship — the state of being a peat
- perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- peshitta — the principal Syriac version of the Bible.
- petechia — a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- phaistos — an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery objects unearthed here.
- 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.
- photopia — vision in bright light (opposed to scotopia).
- phreatic — noting or pertaining to ground water.
- phthalic — of or derived from phthalic acid.
- phthalin — any of a group of compounds obtained by the reduction of the phthaleins.
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pitahaya — any of several cacti of the genus Lemaireocereus and related genera, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, bearing edible fruit.
- pitchman — an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
- pith ray — medullary ray.
- pithball — a small ball of pith suspended on a thread inside an early type of electroscope that would indicate the presence and strength of electric charge in an object near or touching it
- potiphar — the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Gen. 39:1–20.
- rathripe — mature or ripe ahead of time
- sahaptin — a member of an American Indian people of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
- sapphist — a lesbian
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- sidepath — a minor path
- spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- starship — a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- teraphim — small images or other things representing household gods, used among ancient Semitic peoples
- thespiae — a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- thiotepa — a drug, C6H12N3PS, used in chemotherapy to destroy cancer or neoplastic cells
- tranship — transship
- trigraph — a group of three letters representing a single speech sound, as eau in beau.
- triphase — operating in three phases
- ultrahip — extremely trendy or fashionable
- whiptail — any of numerous New World lizards of the family Teiidae, especially of the genus Cnemidophorus, characterized by great agility and alertness.
- whitecap — a wave with a broken and foaming white crest.
- with pay — with wages or salary included