8-letter words containing p, h, i
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- kindship — The state, condition, or essence of being kind; kindness.
- kingship — the state, office, or dignity of a king.
- klephtic — (historical) Relating to the klephts.
- kyphosis — an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
- kyphotic — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
- 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).
- light up — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- linchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- lionship — The state of being a lion, or famous person in society.
- lipchitz — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1891–1973, U.S. sculptor, born in Lithuania.
- log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.
- log ship — log chip.
- longship — a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.
- lopolith — a mass of igneous rock similar to a laccolith but concave downward rather than upward.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- lumpfish — any of several thick-bodied, sluggish fishes of the family Cyclopteridae, found in northern seas, having the pelvic fins modified and united into a sucking disk, especially Cyclopterus lumpus, of the North Atlantic.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- lynchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- mageship — the role or office of a mage
- malpighi — Marcello [mahr-chel-law] /mɑrˈtʃɛl lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1628–94, Italian anatomist.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- memphian — a native or inhabitant of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.
- memphite — Also, Memphitic [mem-fit-ik] /mɛmˈfɪt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.
- mephisto — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephitic — offensive to the smell.
- mephitis — (in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
- midships — amidships.
- mis-ship — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misshape — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- moonship — a lunar module
- morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- morphing — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- morphism — (mathematics, formally) an arrow in a category.
- mosh pit — Slang. an area usually in front of a stage where people mosh at rock concerts.
- multihop — (networking) Proceeding in multiple hops.
- murphies — Plural form of murphy.
- myophily — pollination of plants by flies
- naphtali — the sixth son of Jacob and Bilhah. Gen. 30:7,8.
- neohippy — A new age hippy.
- nephrism — chronic kidney disease, renal failure
- nephrite — Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- nephtali — Naphtali.
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- nymphoid — Of or pertaining to a nymph.
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.