9-letter words containing p, h, i
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- ekphrasis — (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
- eldership — Seniority; the state or condition of being older.
- empathies — Plural form of empathy.
- empathise — (British) alternative spelling of empathize.
- empathize — Understand and share the feelings of another.
- emphasise — (British) alternative spelling of emphasize.
- emphasize — Give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing.
- emphatics — Plural form of emphatic.
- emphlysis — the outbreak of blisters on the body
- enciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encipher.
- endorphin — Any of a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system and having a number of physiological functions. They are peptides that activate the body’s opiate receptors, causing an analgesic effect.
- eparchial — Of or pertaining to an eparchy.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- epedaphic — of or relating to atmospheric conditions
- ephedrine — A crystalline alkaloid drug obtained from some ephedras. It causes constriction of the blood vessels and widening of the bronchial passages and is used to relieve asthma and hay fever.
- ephemeric — Ephemeral.
- ephemerid — (zoology) Any member of the Ephemeridae.
- ephemeris — A table or data file giving the calculated positions of a celestial object at regular intervals throughout a period.
- ephesians — a book of the New Testament (in full The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians), containing an exposition of the divine plan for the world and the consummation of this in Christ
- ephialtes — (obsolete) an incubus; a nightmare.
- ephippial — Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium.
- epigraphs — Plural form of epigraph.
- epigraphy — The study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions.
- epilithic — (of plants) growing on the surface of rock
- epiphanic — Having the character of a religious epiphany.
- epiphragm — A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.
- epiphyses — Plural form of epiphysis.
- epiphysis — The end part of a long bone, initially growing separately from the shaft.
- epiphytes — Plural form of epiphyte.
- epiphytic — Of or pertaining to an epiphyte.
- epirrhema — the address in Greek comedy
- epitaphed — Simple past tense and past participle of epitaph.
- epitapher — one who writes epitaphs
- epitaphic — Pertaining to an epitaph.
- epithecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the epitheca, the upper half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- epithelia — Plural form of epithelium.
- epithesis — (linguistics) The addition of a letter or sound at the end of a word, without changing its meaning, as in \"numb\" for \"num\" or \"whilst\" for \"whiles\".
- epithetic — Of or relating to epithets.
- eriophyid — a type of microscopic mite that causes plant damage
- esophoria — (ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
- ethiopian — person from Ethiopia
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- euphausid — (zoology) Any member of the Euphausidae.
- euphemise — Alternative spelling of euphemize.
- euphemism — A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
- euphemist — One who uses euphemisms.
- euphemize — Refer to (something unpleasant or embarrassing) by means of a euphemism.
- euphenics — the study of biological improvement
- euphonies — Plural form of euphony.