8-letter words containing p, h, l
- splotchy — marked or covered with splotches.
- sulphate — A sulphate is a salt of sulphuric acid.
- sulphide — A sulphide is a compound of sulphur with some other chemical elements.
- sulphite — any salt or ester of sulphurous acid, containing the ions SO32– or HSO3– (hydrogen sulphite) or the groups –SO3 or –HSO3. The salts are usually soluble crystalline compounds
- sulphone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the divalent group –SO2 linked to two other organic groups. Certain sulphones are used in the treatment of leprosy and tuberculosis
- sulphury — of the nature of, characteristic of or resembling sulphur
- symphile — an insect or other organism that lives in the nests of social insects, esp ants and termites, and is fed and reared by the inmates
- syphilis — a chronic infectious disease, caused by a spirochete, Treponema pallidum, usually venereal in origin but often congenital, and affecting almost any organ or tissue in the body, especially the genitals, skin, mucous membranes, aorta, brain, liver, bones, and nerves.
- telepath — a student of or believer in telepathy.
- teleshop — to engage in teleshopping.
- the flop — the first three community cards dealt face-up in a round of any of several varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em
- the loop — the main business and shopping district in downtown Chicago
- the lump — self-employed workers in the building trade considered collectively, esp with reference to tax and national insurance evasion
- the pill — a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- the plow — the constellation Ursa Major
- thiophil — having an attraction to sulphur
- thlipsis — compression or constriction by an outside cause, esp of the blood vessels or another part of the body
- tholepin — thole1
- thrapple — the throat or windpipe
- thropple — the windpipe or throat
- top-hole — first-rate.
- triglyph — a structural member of a Doric frieze, separating two consecutive metopes, and consisting typically of a rectangular block with two vertical grooves or glyphs, and two chamfers or half grooves at the sides, together counting as a third glyph, and leaving three flat vertical bands on the face of the block.
- ultrahip — extremely trendy or fashionable
- unhelped — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- unpolish — to remove polish from, to make imperfect
- upheaval — strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society: the upheaval of war.
- upholder — to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism: He fought the duel to uphold his family's honor.
- weephole — a small drain hole in a wall
- whelping — Present participle of whelp.
- whiplash — the lash of a whip.
- whipless — without a whip
- whiplike — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whiptail — any of numerous New World lizards of the family Teiidae, especially of the genus Cnemidophorus, characterized by great agility and alertness.
- wholphin — the hybrid offspring of a whale and a dolphin
- zoophile — A person who is sexually attracted to animals.
- zoophily — (biology) pollination by animals.