11-letter words containing p, h, i
- spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- speakership — a person who speaks.
- speechifier — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
- speed light — an electronic flash lamp.
- spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
- spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
- sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
- spheroidize — to turn or be turned into spheroids
- sphingosine — a basic unsaturated amino alcohol, C 1 8 H 3 3 (OH) 2 NH 2 , produced by the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin or gangliosides.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- sphragistic — of or relating to seals or signet rings.
- spider hole — a foxhole with a camouflaged lid or cover in which a sniper hides
- spike heath — a Eurasian evergreen shrub, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, of the heath family, having narrow leaves and bell-shaped, pink flowers, growing in gritty soil.
- spike heels — Spike heels are women's shoes with very high narrow heels.
- spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
- spinsterish — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
- split hairs — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- split shift — a work period divided into two parts that are separated by an interval longer than a normal rest period
- split-phase — pertaining to or noting a current in one of two parallel circuits that have a single-phase current source but unequal impedances and that produce currents of different phase.
- sponsorship — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- sport shirt — a long- or short-sleeved soft shirt for informal wear by men, having a squared-off shirttail that may be left outside the trousers, usually worn without a tie.
- spot height — the elevation of a certain point.
- sprightless — without any spirit or liveliness
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- spur blight — a disease of raspberries, characterized by reddish-brown spots on the stems, caused by a fungus, Didymella applanata.
- spy-hopping — a vertical half-rise out of the water performed by a whale in order to view the surroundings. a springing bounce in tall grasses performed by certain land mammals, as foxes and wolves, to view the surroundings.
- staphylinid — rove beetle.
- staphylitis — inflammation of the soft palate or uvula
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- stephen iii — died a.d. 772, pope 768–772.
- stephen vii — died a.d. 931, pope 928–931.
- stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
- straight up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straight-up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- strap-hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- strip light — A strip light is an electric light in the form of a long tube.
- studentship — the state or condition of being a student.
- subjectship — the state of being a subject or citizen
- sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
- superbright — exceptionally bright
- supercherie — deception, trickery or an instance thereof
- superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- supply ship — vessel carrying supplies
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- survey ship — a vessel designed to carry out research and surveying