8-letter words containing p, h
- john hop — a policeman
- joseph i — 1678–1711, king of Hungary 1687–1711; king of Germany 1690–1711; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1705–11 (son of Leopold I).
- josephus — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), (Joseph ben Matthias) a.d. 37?–c100, Jewish historian and general.
- junkheap — A collection or pile of unwanted things.
- junkshop — A shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.
- kapparah — a ritual performed by some Orthodox Jews before Yom Kippur that consists of swinging a fowl around the head and reciting prayers that symbolically transfer the person's sins to the fowl.
- kelpfish — any of several blennies that are common among kelp. Compare kelp greenling.
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- keypunch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- kindship — The state, condition, or essence of being kind; kindness.
- kingship — the state, office, or dignity of a king.
- klephtic — (historical) Relating to the klephts.
- kolhapur — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- kyphosis — an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
- kyphotic — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
- l-shaped — having the shape of the letter L
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- light up — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- linchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- lionship — The state of being a lion, or famous person in society.
- lipchitz — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1891–1973, U.S. sculptor, born in Lithuania.
- log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.
- log ship — log chip.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- long hop — a short-pitched ball, which can easily be hit
- longship — a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.
- loophole — a small or narrow opening, as in a wall, for looking through, for admitting light and air, or, particularly in a fortification, for the discharge of missiles against an enemy outside.
- lopolith — a mass of igneous rock similar to a laccolith but concave downward rather than upward.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- lumpfish — any of several thick-bodied, sluggish fishes of the family Cyclopteridae, found in northern seas, having the pelvic fins modified and united into a sucking disk, especially Cyclopterus lumpus, of the North Atlantic.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- lynchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- mageship — the role or office of a mage
- malaphor — (rare neologism) An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
- malpighi — Marcello [mahr-chel-law] /mɑrˈtʃɛl lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1628–94, Italian anatomist.
- match up — pair
- match-up — a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
- matchups — Plural form of matchup.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- memphian — a native or inhabitant of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.
- memphite — Also, Memphitic [mem-fit-ik] /mɛmˈfɪt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.
- meneptah — Merneptah.
- mephisto — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephitic — offensive to the smell.
- mephitis — (in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.