8-letter words containing p, h, a
- aphonous — without voice; voiceless
- aphorise — To create an aphorism.
- aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
- aphorist — a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- aphorize — to write or speak in aphorisms
- aphthous — Of, or relating to aphtha.
- apograph — a perfect copy or transcript
- apophony — a change in the quality of a vowel sound to indicate grammatical change
- apophyge — the outward curve at each end of the shaft of a column, adjoining the base or capital
- apophyse — Apophysis.
- apothece — a shop or storehouse
- apothegm — a short, pithy saying (Ex.: “Brevity is the soul of wit”)
- approach — When you approach something, you get closer to it.
- arapahoe — Arapaho.
- armpatch — an insignia, badge, slogan, or the like sewn on the sleeve of a uniform shirt or jacket or affixed to an armband to indicate one's affiliation, sponsorship, rank, etc.
- ashplant — a walking stick made from an ash sapling
- aspheric — a lens that has a shape that is not completely round
- asphodel — any of various S European liliaceous plants of the genera Asphodelus and Asphodeline, having clusters of white or yellow flowers
- asphyxia — Asphyxia is death or loss of consciousness caused by being unable to breathe properly.
- atrophia — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- autoharp — a zither-like musical instrument used in country-and-western music, equipped with button-controlled dampers that can prevent selected strings from sounding, thus allowing chords to be played. It is plucked with the fingers or a plectrum
- bakeshop — Also called bakeshop [beyk-shop] /ˈbeɪkˌʃɒp/ (Show IPA). a baker's shop.
- bardship — the office or state of being a bard
- basophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes
- behappen — to befall
- bethpage — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- bhatpara — a city in NE India, in West Bengal on the Hooghly River: jute and cotton mills. Pop: 441 956 (2001)
- biograph — a biographical summary
- biphasic — having two phases
- cachepot — an ornamental container for a flowerpot
- caiaphas — the high priest at the beginning of John the Baptist's preaching and during the trial of Jesus (Luke 3:2; Matthew 26)
- calipash — the greenish glutinous edible part of the turtle found next to the upper shell, considered a delicacy
- caliphal — relating to a caliph
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- campeche — a state of SE Mexico, on the SW of the Yucatán peninsula: forestry and fishing. Capital: Campeche. Pop: 205 000 (2005 est). Area: 56 114 sq km (21 666 sq miles)
- camphane — a terpene hyrdocarbon, C10H18, that is both saturated and inert
- camphene — a colourless crystalline insoluble optically active terpene derived from pinene and present in many essential oils. Formula: C10H16
- camphine — rectified oil of turpentine
- camphire — henna
- camphone — a combined mobile phone and digital camera
- campshed — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- campshot — a facing of planks and piles placed along the bank of a river to prevent erosion.
- canephor — a sculpted figure carrying a basket on his or her head
- capsheaf — The top sheaf of a stook of wheat etc.
- captchas — Plural form of captcha.
- capuched — hooded
- capuches — Plural form of capuche.
- capuchin — any agile intelligent New World monkey of the genus Cebus, inhabiting forests in South America, typically having a cowl of thick hair on the top of the head
- carphone — a telephone that operates by cellular radio for use in a car