9-letter words containing p, h, e, o, n
- nemophila — any of a genus, Nemophila, of low-growing hairy annual plants, esp N. menziesii, grown for its blue or white flowers: family Hydrophyllaceae
- neohippie — Alternative form of neohippy.
- neomorphs — Plural form of neomorph.
- neophilia — Love of new things.
- neophobia — Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new, novel, or unfamiliar.
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- neophytes — Plural form of neophyte.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nephogram — a photograph of a cloud
- nephology — The study or contemplation of clouds.
- nephrosis — kidney disease, especially marked by noninflammatory degeneration of the tubular system.
- nephrotic — Pertaining to, resembling or caused by nephrosis.
- netphones — Plural form of netphone.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- nonspeech — absence of speech; silence, muteness
- noosphere — the biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
- oenophile — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- oenophily — a liking for or expert knowledge of wine
- open shop — a factory, office, or other business establishment in which a union, chosen by a majority of the employees, acts as representative of all the employees in making agreements with the employer, but in which union membership is not a condition of employment.
- oppenheim — E(dward) Phillips, 1866–1946, English novelist.
- optophone — an electronic device that scans ordinary printed characters and produces combinations of sounds, enabling a blind reader to recognize the characters.
- orphanage — an institution for the housing and care of orphans.
- orthopnea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- panchetto — a Renaissance chair having three splayed legs and a shaped back joined into a solid wooden seat.
- panthenol — pantothenyl alcohol
- 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.
- parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
- parthenon — the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
- pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
- penholder — a holder in which a penpoint is placed.
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- percheron — one of a French breed of draft horses, having a gray or black coat.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phellogen — cork cambium, a layer of tissue or secondary meristem external to the true cambium, giving rise to cork tissue.
- phelonion — a liturgical vestment resembling a chasuble.
- phenetole — a colorless, volatile, aromatic, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 1 0 O.
- phenocopy — the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation.
- phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
- phenolate — Also called phenoxide. a salt of phenol, as sodium phenolate, C 6 H 5 ONa.
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phenolion — phelonion.
- phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
- phenomena — a plural of phenomenon.