8-letter words containing p, h, a
- hip bath — small bathtub or bath chair
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.
- hipparch — (in ancient Greece) a cavalry commander
- hispania — Spain.
- hispanic — Spanish.
- hispano- — Hispanic
- homepage — Alternative form of home page.
- hoop-man — a basketball player.
- hopheads — (slang) Plural form of hophead.
- hospital — an institution in which sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical treatment.
- hospodar — a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
- hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- hotplate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hs&e — HS&E relates to guidelines for the safe and clean operation of industrial processes.
- huapango — a fast, rhythmic dance of Mexico, performed by couples.
- hump day — Wednesday
- humpback — a back that is humped in a convex position.
- hunkpapa — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hypalgia — reduced sensitivity to pain
- hyphemia — bleeding inside the eye caused by ruptured blood vessels
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hypogamy — Act or practice of seeking a spouse of lower socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hyponoia — a slow mental function or imagination
- hypopnea — abnormally shallow and slow breathing.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- impleach — to intertwine
- in phase — having the same phase.
- in shape — person: physically fit
- inchtape — a measuring tape marked out in inches
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isopachs — Plural form of isopach.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- jatropha — Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel.
- jaw harp — jew's-harp
- jephthah — a judge of Israel. Judges 11, 12.
- junkheap — A collection or pile of unwanted things.
- kapparah — a ritual performed by some Orthodox Jews before Yom Kippur that consists of swinging a fowl around the head and reciting prayers that symbolically transfer the person's sins to the fowl.
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- kolhapur — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- l-shaped — having the shape of the letter L
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- mageship — the role or office of a mage