9-letter words containing p, a, t, h, y
- myatrophy — myoatrophy.
- myopathic — Pertaining to myopathy.
- notaphily — the collecting of bank notes as a hobby.
- 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.
- panchayat — an elective village council in India.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- parhypate — a note in ancient Greek music, the second lowest note in the two lowest tetrachords
- party hat — a hat, often made of paper, worn at a party
- pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
- pathology — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pentarchy — a government by five persons.
- phagocyte — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- philately — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- phonatory — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
- photoplay — a motion-picture scenario; screenplay.
- phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- play with — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
- polyantha — a type of clustering flower
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polymathy — learning in many fields; encyclopedic knowledge.
- pothecary — apothecary.
- prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- pyothorax — empyema.
- pyracanth — a thorny evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha, related to the hawthorn
- staphylo- — uvula
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- tachypnea — excessively rapid respiration.
- tallyshop — a store specializing in selling merchandise on the hire-purchase system.
- taphonomy — the circumstances and processes of fossilization.
- telepathy — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
- theopathy — religious emotion excited by the contemplation of God.
- theophagy — the sacramental eating of a god
- theophany — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- top-heavy — having the top disproportionately heavy; liable to fall from too great weight above.
- typhoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- typhonian — of or relating to Typhon
- typograph — a machine for creating indentations of characters upon a sheet of metal from which prints can be made