9-letter words containing p, h, i
- hinkypunk — (West Country) a will o' the wisp.
- hip boots — waders: thigh-high rubber boots
- hip flask — small container for carrying alcohol
- hip joint — a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone.
- hiphugger — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hiplength — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
- hipped on — greatly interested or preoccupied, almost to an irrational extent; obsessed (usually followed by on): He's hipped on learning to play the tuba.
- hipped-on — greatly interested or preoccupied, almost to an irrational extent; obsessed (usually followed by on): He's hipped on learning to play the tuba.
- hippiater — (rare) A veterinarian specializing in horse care.
- hippiatry — the treatment of disease in horses
- hippiedom — the lifestyle and world of hippies, especially in the 1960s.
- hippieish — Alternative spelling of hippyish.
- hippocras — an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- hippodame — a sea horse
- hippology — the study of horses.
- hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
- hippurite — an extinct type of bivalve mollusc (family Hippuritidae) found as fossils from the late Cretaceous period
- hispanism — a movement in Latin America for the promotion of Spanish or of native culture and influence. Compare hispanidad.
- hispanist — a specialist in the Spanish or Portuguese language or in Spanish or Latin-American literature or culture.
- holotypic — Relating to a holotype.
- homophile — a homosexual.
- homophily — The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.
- homoploid — of an organism or a cell whose set of chromosomes exhibits the same degree of ploidy as an organism or cell with which it is compared.
- homotopic — (topology, of two maps) Such that there is an interval of maps joining one to the other.
- homotypic — of or relating to a homotype.
- hoofprint — the impression made by an animal's hoof.
- hoop iron — iron in the form of thin strips for bonding masonry, holding barrels together, etc.
- hoop pine — a fast-growing timber tree of Australia, Araucaria cunninghamii, having rough bark with hoop-like cracks around the trunk and branches: family Araucariaceae
- hop to it — to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.
- hopkinson — Francis, 1737–91, American statesman and satirist.
- hoppiness — The state of being hoppy.
- hornpipes — Plural form of hornpipe.
- horsewhip — a whip for controlling horses.
- hosepipes — Plural form of hosepipe.
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.
- hospitate — (obsolete, transitive) To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
- hospitium — a hospice.
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- huon pine — a coniferous tree, Dacrydium franklinii, of Tasmania, having very small cones and yielding timber.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- hypanthia — Plural form of hypanthium.
- hypaspist — a shield bearer, especially one of a special unit of light infantry in the Macedonian army.
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hyperarid — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- hyperemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hyperemic — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hyperfine — Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules.
- hypericin — an antidepressant and antiviral compound derived from Saint John's wort