8-letter words containing p, h, l
- plumpish — somewhat plump; tending to plumpness.
- plushily — in a plush manner
- plutarch — a.d. c46–c120, Greek biographer.
- plymouth — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- polglish — informal Polish containing a high proportion of words of English origin
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- polygoth — (language) A distributed language integrating classes with a parallel block structure, including multiprocedures and fragments.
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polyphon — a large clockwork or hand-operated music box
- porthole — a round, windowlike opening with a hinged, watertight glass cover in the side of a vessel for admitting air and light. Compare port4 (def 1).
- posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- potholed — A potholed road has a lot of potholes in it.
- potholer — an explorer of caves; spelunker.
- potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
- pouchful — the amount (of something) a pouch will hold
- prechill — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- prophyll — one of two first leaves to appear on a lateral shoot, usually smaller than the leaves that follow
- psychol. — psychological
- purplish — of or having a somewhat purple hue.
- pushball — a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, which two sides attempt to push to opposite goals.
- ramphele — Mamphela. born 1947, Black South African political activist: partner of Steve Biko; a director of the World Bank (2000–04); founded the political party Agang (2013)
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- replough — to plough again
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- rheophil — (of organisms) liking flowing water
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- robohelp — (tool) A Microsoft Windows Help authoring tool from Blue Sky Software. Used with Microsoft Word to create Help files for inclusion in a Windows application or for stand alone use.
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- schleppy — slovenly, dowdy, or run-down; frumpy: a schleppy hotel; a schleppy old bathrobe.
- schlumpy — like a schlump
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shelepin — Alexandr Nikolayevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–1994, Soviet government official.
- shipless — free of ships
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shopgirl — a salesgirl; female store clerk.
- shoplift — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shrapnel — Military. a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. such projectiles collectively.
- silphium — an American flowering wild plant of the family Asteraceae
- slapdash — in a hasty, haphazard manner: He assembled the motor slapdash.
- slaphead — a bald person
- slapshot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- slipshod — careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
- slopshop — a store at which cheap, ready-made clothing may be purchased.
- spherule — a small sphere or spherical body.
- splasher — a person or thing that splashes.