8-letter words containing p, h, i
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- ophidian — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Ophidia (Serpentes), comprising the snakes.
- ophidiid — any fish of the family Ophidiidae, comprising the cusk-eels.
- ophidism — Poisoning by snake venom.
- opsimath — (rare) A person who learns late in life.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed., 2004.
- outpitch — to exceed in pitching
- pachalic — pashalik.
- pachinko — a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical machine in which slots struck by the player's ball release other balls that in turn are exchanged for noncash prizes.
- pachouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- pad thai — a Thai dish of stir-fried rice noodles, fish sauce and other seasonings, and usually tofu, shrimp, bean sprouts, and peanuts.
- padishah — (often initial capital letter) great king; emperor (a title applied especially formerly to the shah of Iran, the sultan of Turkey, and to the British sovereign as emperor in India).
- pak-choi — bok choy.
- panchaia — an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- papisher — a Roman Catholic
- parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
- parishad — (in India) an assembly
- parishen — a parishioner
- parochin — a parish
- parthian — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- pashalik — the territory governed by a pasha.
- pashmina — a fabric or garment made from pashm, especially a shawl, wrap, or scarf.
- pasiphae — Classical Mythology. the wife of Minos, mother of Ariadne, and mother of the Minotaur by the Cretan bull.
- pasithea — one of the Graces.
- pastiche — a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- patchily — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathosis — a diseased condition.
- peaching — to inform against an accomplice or associate.
- peatship — the state of being a peat
- peiching — Beijing.
- penlight — a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- perished — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- perisher — mischievous person
- pershing — a 38-foot (12 meters) U.S. Army surface-to-surface nuclear missile with a single warhead and range of more than 1000 miles (1609 km).
- perthite — a variety of feldspar containing irregular bands of albite in microcline.
- peshitta — the principal Syriac version of the Bible.
- petechia — a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- phacelia — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Phacelia, of the waterleaf family, chiefly of the western U.S. and Mexico, having clusters of violet, blue, or white flowers.
- phaeacia — an island nation on the shores of which Odysseus was shipwrecked and discovered by Nausicaä.
- phaistos — an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery objects unearthed here.
- phalloid — having the form of or bearing a similarity to a penis
- pharisee — a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- pharming — the process of producing medically useful products from genetically modified plants and animals.
- phase in — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phase-in — an act or instance of phasing in; gradual introduction or implementation.
- pheidias — Phidias
- phelloid — having a resemblance to cork
- phenetic — pertaining to or based on the observable similarities and differences between organisms without regard to assumed genealogy.