8-letter words containing p, h, l
- philabeg — filibeg.
- philemon — an Epistle written by Paul. Abbreviation: Phil.
- philibeg — the kilt or pleated skirt worn by Scottish Highlanders.
- philip i — 1052–1108, king of France 1060–1108 (son of Henry I of France).
- philip v — 1683–1746, king of Spain 1700–46.
- philippa — a female given name: derived from Philip.
- philippe — full name Philippe Léopold Louis Marie. born 1960, king of Belgium from 2013
- philippi — a ruined city in NE Greece, in Macedonia: Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius here, 42 b.c.; the site of one of the first Christian churches in Europe, founded by St. Paul.
- phillips — a male given name.
- philomel — the nightingale.
- philomot — having the same colour as that of a dead leaf
- philtrum — Anatomy. the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.
- phleboid — pertaining to or resembling a vein.
- phlegmon — a swollen, red, and painful mass affecting bodily tissue that may progress to abscess
- phthalic — of or derived from phthalic acid.
- phthalin — any of a group of compounds obtained by the reduction of the phthaleins.
- phylarch — the chief of a tribe in Ancient Greece, and in Athens, the head of a clan in battle, or generally, the chief of a tribe
- phylaxis — medical term for protection against infection
- phylesis — evolutionary events that modify an organism or group of organisms without leading to the formation of a new species
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- phyllary — one of the bracts forming the involucre or the head or inflorescence of a composite plant.
- phyllite — a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- phyllode — an expanded petiole resembling and having the function of a leaf, but without a true blade.
- phyllody — the abnormal transformation of a floral structure into a foliage leaf.
- phylloid — leaflike.
- phyllome — a leaf of a plant.
- physalia — a marine invertebrate, often confused with a jellyfish, that has a painful sting
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- physiol. — physiological
- pie-hole — a person's mouth
- pilchard — a small, southern European, marine fish, Sardina pilchardus, related to the herring but smaller and rounder.
- pillhead — a person who habitually takes pills, especially amphetamines or barbiturates.
- pin-hole — a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- pinochle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- pinwheel — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
- pisolith — a pea-size calcareous concretion, larger than an oolith, aggregates of which constitute a pisolite.
- pitchily — in a pitchy manner
- pithball — a small ball of pith suspended on a thread inside an early type of electroscope that would indicate the presence and strength of electric charge in an object near or touching it
- pithless — (of citrus fruit or peel) without any pith
- pithlike — similar to pith
- plainish — rather ordinary-looking
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- plashing — a gentle splash.
- play-doh — Play-Doh is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- pleached — having interlaced stems or boughs
- pleather — a synthetic leather
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
- plug hat — plug (def 19).
- plughole — drainage hole in sink or bath