9-letter words containing p, h, o, r
- photogram — a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
- phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- phytotron — a building in which plants can be grown on a large scale, under controlled conditions
- pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- pitch for — If someone is pitching for something, they are trying to persuade other people to give it to them.
- pitchfork — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- plowright — Dame Joan. born 1929, British actress, married to Laurence Olivier (1961–89)
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
- polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polyether — a polymeric ether.
- polygraph — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polymorph — Biology. an organism having more than one adult form, as the different castes in social ants.
- ponograph — an instrument for graphically recording pain or muscular fatigue.
- 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
- pork chop — cutlet of pig meat
- porphyria — a defect of blood pigment metabolism in which porphyrins are produced in excess, are present in the blood, and are found in the urine.
- porphyric — of or relating to porphyria
- porphyrin — a dark red, photosensitive pigment consisting of four pyrrole rings linked by single carbon atoms: a component of chlorophyll, heme, and vitamin B 1 2 .
- porphyrio — any aquatic bird of the genus Porphyrio
- porthouse — a company that produces port
- post horn — a straight or coiled copper or brass horn with no valves or slide, originally used to announce mail coaches.
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- 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.
- priorship — the office of a prior
- pro-hindu — a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- prochurch — favourable to the church
- prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prokhorov — Aleksandr Mikhailovich [al-ig-zan-der mi-kahy-luh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər mɪˈkaɪ lə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2002, Russian physicist: Nobel prize 1964.
- promachos — a defender or champion
- pronghorn — a fleet, antelopelike ruminant, Antilocapra americana, of the plains of western North America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- prop wash — propeller wash.
- prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.