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9-letter words containing p, h, o, r

  • orthopods — an orthopedist.
  • orthopter — ornithopter
  • orthoptic — pertaining to or producing normal binocular vision.
  • outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
  • outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
  • overcheap — too cheap
  • overhappy — too happy
  • overperch — to fly up to perch on
  • overpitch — to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too close to the stumps
  • oversharp — too sharp
  • ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
  • paramorph — a pseudomorph formed by a change in crystal structure but not in chemical composition.
  • parathion — a deep-brown to yellow, poisonous liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 NO 5 PS, used as an insecticide.
  • parhelion — a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.
  • pariahdom — an outcast.
  • parocheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
  • parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
  • parsonish — like a parson
  • parthenon — the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
  • parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
  • patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
  • pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
  • peak-hour — during the busiest hours; used esp of traffic and demand for gas, electricity etc
  • pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
  • pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
  • 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.
  • phanotron — a hot-cathode gas diode.
  • pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
  • pharmaco- — indicating drugs
  • pharyngo- — pharynx
  • 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
  • phlorizin — a bitter, crystalline glucoside, C 2 1 H 2 4 O 1 0 , obtained from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, etc.: formerly used as a tonic and in the treatment of malaria; now used chiefly in biochemical research.
  • phonatory — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
  • phonecard — calling card (def 3).
  • phonogram — a unit symbol of a phonetic writing system, standing for a speech sound, syllable, or other sequence of speech sounds without reference to meaning.
  • phonopore — a device that conveys sound using electrical impulses along telegraph lines
  • phony war — (in wartime) a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • phosphore — the morning star, especially Venus.
  • phosphori — plural of phosphorus
  • photocard — A photocard is a card with a person's photograph on it, which they can use to prove who they are.
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