9-letter words containing p, h, o, r, e
- penholder — a holder in which a penpoint is placed.
- percheron — one of a French breed of draft horses, having a gray or black coat.
- perimorph — a crystal of one mineral enclosing that of another mineral. Compare endomorph (def 1).
- petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
- pewholder — a person who leases or is the owner of a pew or an area of seats in a church
- pforzheim — a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- phalarope — any of three species of small, aquatic birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobate toes.
- phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
- pheromone — any chemical substance released by an animal that serves to influence the physiology or behavior of other members of the same species.
- philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
- phonecard — calling card (def 3).
- phonopore — a device that conveys sound using electrical impulses along telegraph lines
- phosphore — the morning star, especially Venus.
- phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
- pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polyether — a polymeric ether.
- poorhouse — (formerly) an institution in which paupers were maintained at public expense.
- pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
- porchetta — Italian boneless stuffed pork cut from a whole roast pig
- porthouse — a company that produces port
- posthorse — horse kept at an inn or posthouse for use by postriders or for hire to travellers
- pothecary — apothecary.
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- potholder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
- pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
- power hit — (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.
- prechoose — to choose in advance
- prechosen — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- pregrowth — the period before something begins to grow
- prehensor — a part that grasps
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- preschool — of, relating to, or intended for a child between infancy and school age: new methods of preschool education.
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- protheses — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- prothetic — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- push over — shove to the ground
- pyorrhoea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- pyrophone — an instrument resembling a small pipe organ, designed to produce musical sounds using gas flames burning close together in glass tubes, and producing a sound when the flames are separated by the pressing of a key. Designed by G.F.E. Kastner in 1869
- rasophore — a monk authorized to wear the rason.
- rheophile — an organism that likes to live in flowing water
- rheotrope — a device that reverses an electric current
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- romp home — to win a race easily
- semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.