9-letter words containing p, h, a, s
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
- pariahism — an outcast.
- parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
- parsonish — like a parson
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- parthians — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- paschal i — died a.d. 824, pope 817–824.
- pash rash — an inflammation of the skin caused by passionate kissing with a man with a stubbly face
- pass rush — an attempt by the defense to prevent the quarterback from throwing successfully to a receiver.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- pawn shop — shop that makes loans on personal property
- pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- pearl ash — the granular crystalline form of potassium carbonate
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- peshmerga — a member of the armed forces in the autonomous Kurdish-controlled region of NE Iraq
- petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
- phagosome — a vacuole within a phagocyte that contains bacteria or other ingested particles and that becomes fused with a lysosome.
- phalanges — a plural of phalanx.
- phalluses — an image of the male reproductive organ, especially that carried in procession in ancient festivals of Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbolizing the generative power in nature.
- phansigar — a person from East India who operates as a thief and a murderer
- phantasma — phantasm (defs 1, 2).
- pharisaic — of or relating to the Pharisees.
- pharisees — a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- pharsalia — a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.
- pharsalus — an ancient city in central Greece, in Thessaly: site of Caesar's victory over Pompey 48 b.c.
- phase out — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phenakism — a form of deceit or craftiness
- philistia — an ancient country on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
- phosphate — Chemistry. (loosely) a salt or ester of phosphoric acid. a tertiary salt of orthophosphoric acid, as sodium phosphate.
- photomask — an opaque image on a transparent plate that is used to filter light so the image can be transferred, used in photolithography applications
- photopsia — a rare disease of the eye's retina that results in the perception of flashes of light
- photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
- photostat — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- phraseman — a man who coins or uses clever phrases
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- physicals — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- physician — a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of 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.
- pied shag — a large New Zealand seabird, Phalacrocorax varius, with a white throat and underparts
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- plansheer — plancer.
- 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.
- playhouse — a theater.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- polyphase — having more than one phase.
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash