9-letter words containing p, h, o, t, r, e
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- polyether — a polymeric ether.
- 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.
- pregrowth — the period before something begins to grow
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- 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.
- rheotrope — a device that reverses an electric current
- sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- storeship — a government-owned ship that carries supplies to a naval fleet
- tephroite — a mineral, silicate of manganese, Mn 2 SiO 4 , occurring in orthorhombic crystals.
- the ropes — the fence made of rope that is around the edge of the area where a boxing or wrestling match takes place
- thereupon — immediately following that.
- tightrope — a rope or wire cable, stretched tight, on which acrobats perform feats of balancing.
- tophamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
- trimphone — a phone designed in the 1960s
- trophaeum — tropaeum.
- turophile — a connoisseur or lover of cheese.
- upholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- wirephoto — a device for transmitting photographs over distances by wire. a photograph so transmitted.
- xerophyte — a plant adapted for growth under dry conditions.