8-letter words containing p, h, a, e
- ephorate — The office of an ephor; ephors collectively.
- epigraph — An inscription on a building, statue, or coin.
- epiphany — The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12).
- epiphora — Excessive watering of the eye.
- epitaphs — Plural form of epitaph.
- epitheca — (microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- epithema — a horny outgrowth on the beaks of birds
- ethercap — a spider
- ethiopia — country in East Africa
- euphobia — Fear of hearing good news.
- euphoria — A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- euphrasy — eyebright
- exophagy — the practice of cannibalism outside of the tribe or family
- exophora — Reference in a text or utterance to something external to it, which is only fully intelligible in terms of information about the extralinguistic situation.
- eyepatch — A patch worn to protect an injured eye.
- geophagy — the practice of eating earthy matter, especially clay or chalk, as in famine-stricken areas.
- grapheme — a minimal unit of a writing system.
- graphene — A fullerene consisting of bonded carbon atoms in sheet form one atom thick.
- graphite — 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.
- ha'penny — halfpenny.
- half-pie — poorly planned or conceived
- halfpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
- halfpipe — Alternative form of half-pipe.
- hamerkop — Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
- hampered — Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.
- hampster — Alternative form of hamster.
- hanepoot — a variety of muscat grape used as a dessert fruit and in making wine
- happened — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- happiest — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- harelips — Plural form of harelip.
- haruspex — (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
- head dip — a maneuver in which a surfer, by squatting and leaning forward on the surfboard, partially dips his or her head into the wall of a wave.
- headlamp — headlight.
- headrope — the part of a bolt-rope attached to the head of a sail
- heads-up — first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official.
- headship — the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- heat map — a graphical representation of data in which a spectrum of colours is used to represent the different values
- heatspot — a spot on the skin or other surface produced by heat
- heel-tap — a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- heeltaps — Plural form of heeltap.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- helpable — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- helpmann — Sir Robert (Murray) 1909–86, Australian dancer, choreographer, and actor.
- helpmate — a companion and helper.
- hemiopia — hemianopsia.
- hepatica — any plant belonging to the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish, pink, or white flowers.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- hepatite — a type of barite mineral with a sulphuric odour