8-letter words containing p, h, i
- epithema — a horny outgrowth on the beaks of birds
- epithets — An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
- ethiopia — country in East Africa
- ethiopic — the ancient language of Ethiopia, belonging to the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family: a Christian liturgical language
- euphenic — of or relating to biological or physical improvement, esp of humans
- euphobia — Fear of hearing good news.
- euphonic — Characterized by euphony; harmonious.
- euphoria — A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- euphoric — Characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness.
- euphotic — Describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.
- euphuism — An artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking.
- euphuist — One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; applied especially to a class of writers, in the age of w Elizabeth I, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
- euphuize — to write or speak in an affected style
- fireship — A ship loaded with burning material and explosives and set adrift to ignite and blow up an enemy’s ships.
- fishpole — A fishing pole.
- fishpond — a small pond containing fish, often one in which edible fish are raised for commercial purposes, as for stocking lakes and streams or wholesaling.
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- flypitch — an area for unlicensed stalls at markets
- foreship — the prow or forepart of a ship
- frumpish — a person who is dowdy, drab, and unattractive.
- furphies — Plural form of furphy.
- giftshop — a shop that sells items that are suitable for giving as presents
- glumpish — glum
- glyphics — Plural form of glyphic.
- graphics — a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- graphing — Present participle of graph.
- graphite — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- graphium — a writing stylus
- grumphie — a familiar name for a pig.
- grumpish — Surly; sullen; gruff; grumpy.
- gumphion — a funeral banner
- gunships — Plural form of gunship.
- guruship — The status of a guru.
- haiphong — a seaport in N Vietnam, near the Gulf of Tonkin.
- hairclip — A clip to hold back the hair.
- hairgrip — A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.
- hairpins — Plural form of hairpin.
- half-pie — poorly planned or conceived
- halfpipe — Alternative form of half-pipe.
- halophil — Halobacterium.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- haphsiba — Hephzibah (def 1).
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- haplopia — normal vision (opposed to diplopia).
- haplosis — the production of haploid chromosome groups during meiosis.
- happiest — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
- haptical — of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands.