9-letter words containing p, h, e, s
- stephanie — a female given name.
- stephen i — Saint, died a.d. 257? pope 254–257.
- stephen v — died a.d. 891, pope 885–891.
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- sub-phase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- sulphured — treated or combined with sulphur
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- sunn-hemp — a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- superchic — highly or very chic
- superheat — the state of being superheated.
- superhero — a hero, especially in children's comic books and television cartoons, possessing extraordinary, often magical powers.
- superhigh — extremely high
- superhive — super (def 3).
- superhype — exaggerated hype
- superrich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- supershow — an exceptional show
- superthin — extremely thin
- surfperch — any of several fishes of the family Embiotocidae, inhabiting shallow waters along the Pacific coast of North America.
- sweatshop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sweetshop — a shop solely or largely selling sweets, esp boiled sweets
- sylphlike — a slender, graceful woman or girl.
- synalepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- syphilize — to inoculate with the syphilis virus as a means of curing or preventing the disease
- tap shoes — shoes worn by tap-dancers which are equipped with taps that make a rhythmic sound when the shoes are used for dancing
- telophase — the final stage of meiosis or mitosis, in which the separated chromosomes reach the opposite poles of the dividing cell and the nuclei of the daughter cells form around the two sets of chromosomes.
- thaneship — thanage.
- the gapes — a disease of young poultry and birds, characterized by gasping and choking and caused by gapeworms
- the mopes — low spirits
- the pipes — the bagpipes
- the polls — the place where people vote during an election
- the press — the printed media
- the ropes — the fence made of rope that is around the edge of the area where a boxing or wrestling match takes place
- the strap — a beating with a strap as a punishment
- the-wasps — a satirical comedy (422 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- theosophy — any of various forms of philosophical or religious thought based on a mystical insight into the divine nature.
- therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- tip sheet — a short publication containing the latest information, predictions, and tips for a particular business or subject: tip sheets for horse racing; a tip sheet for gamblers; a stock-market tip sheet; a tip sheet about safety concerns.
- tisiphone — one of the Furies.
- titleship — lawful claim to title, especially of property.
- top shelf — of highest quality
- top-shell — any marine gastropod mollusc of the mainly tropical Old World family Trochidae, having a typically brightly coloured top-shaped or conical shell
- two-phase — diphase.
- uncleship — the position or status of an uncle; the condition of being an uncle
- unshapely — not shapely
- unshipped — not shipped, as goods.
- upholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- ursprache — a hypothetically reconstructed parent language, as Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages.
- ushership — the position or office of an usher
- viperfish — any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Chauliodontidae, having a large mouth and fanglike teeth, some species having light-emitting organs on their bodies.