7-letter words containing p, h, o
- nephro- — kidney or kidneys
- nephron — the filtering and excretory unit of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and tubules.
- nephros — (anatomy) A kidney-like organ.
- nosh-up — a large and satisfying meal
- nymphos — Plural form of nympho.
- omphale — a queen of Lydia, whom Hercules was required to serve as a slave to atone for the murder of Iphitus
- oophore — (biology) A form of some ferns and mosses that bear sexual fruit.
- oophyte — the gametophyte of a moss, fern, or liverwort, resulting from the development of a fertilized egg.
- openeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of open.
- ophelia — a female given name.
- ophitic — a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- ophiura — a sea creature, similar to a starfish, of the Ophiuridae family
- orphans — Plural form of orphan.
- orphean — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orpheus — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orphism — the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
- orphrey — an ornamental band or border, especially on an ecclesiastical vestment.
- outpush — to push out
- oxyphil — a type of cell present in glands
- pachuco — (especially among Mexican-Americans) a teenage youth who belongs to a street gang known for its flamboyant style.
- pahouin — Fang (def 1).
- panhoss — pannhas.
- panocha — Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- panoche — Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- paoshan — a town in W Yunnan province, in S China, on the Burma Road.
- pechora — a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- peshito — the standard translation of the Old and New Testaments in ancient Syriac
- phacoid — having a form or structure like that of a lens
- phaeton — any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- phantom — an apparition or specter.
- pharaoh — a title of an ancient Egyptian king.
- phenoxy — containing the monovalent radical C6H5O, derived from phenol
- phichol — the commander of Abimelech's army. Gen. 26:26.
- philol. — philological
- philos. — philosopher
- phlebo- — indicating a vein
- phlomis — a plant that belongs to the genus Phlomis and family Labiatae or Lamiaceae
- phobist — a person who suffers from an unusual fear or dread of something
- phocaea — an ancient seaport in Asia Minor: northernmost of the Ionian cities; later an important maritime state.
- phocine — of or relating to seals.
- phocion — 402?–317 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- phoebus — Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
- phoenix — a state in SW United States. 113,909 sq. mi. (295,025 sq. km). Capital: Phoenix. Abbreviation: AZ (for use with zip code), Ariz.
- phonate — to articulate speech sounds, esp to cause the vocal cords to vibrate in the execution of a voiced speech sound
- phoneme — any of a small set of units, usually about 20 to 60 in number, and different for each language, considered to be the basic distinctive units of speech sound by which morphemes, words, and sentences are represented. They are arrived at for any given language by determining which differences in sound function to indicate a difference in meaning, so that in English the difference in sound and meaning between pit and bit is taken to indicate the existence of different labial phonemes, while the difference in sound between the unaspirated p of spun and the aspirated p of pun, since it is never the only distinguishing feature between two different words, is not taken as ground for setting up two different p phonemes in English. Compare distinctive feature (def 1).
- phonics — a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
- phonied — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phonies — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phonily — in a phoney manner
- phoning — telephone (def 1).