8-letter words containing p, h
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- midships — amidships.
- mis-ship — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misshape — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- moonship — a lunar module
- morosoph — (obsolete) A philosophical or learned fool.
- morpheme — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- morpheus — Classical Mythology. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams.
- morphine — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- morphing — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- morphism — (mathematics, formally) an arrow in a category.
- mosh pit — Slang. an area usually in front of a stage where people mosh at rock concerts.
- muckheap — Dunghill; dung heap.
- multihop — (networking) Proceeding in multiple hops.
- murphies — Plural form of murphy.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- myophily — pollination of plants by flies
- nap hand — a position in which there is a very good chance of success if a risk is taken
- naphtali — the sixth son of Jacob and Bilhah. Gen. 30:7,8.
- naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- naphthyl — containing the naphthyl group.
- nenuphar — A water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
- neohippy — A new age hippy.
- neomorph — (genetics) a gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
- neophobe — One who dislikes new or novel things.
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nepenthe — a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
- nephelo- — clouds, cloudy
- nephrism — chronic kidney disease, renal failure
- nephrite — Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- nephroid — kidney-shaped
- nephrons — Plural form of nephron.
- nephtali — Naphtali.
- netphone — A telephone that connects through the internet.
- new hope — a town in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- no-hoper — a useless person from whom nothing can be expected.
- nonhappy — (philosophy) Not happy.
- northrop — John Howard, 1891–1987, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1946.
- northrup — a male given name.
- notch up — make score marks to count
- nymphaea — a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
- nymphean — Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.
- nymphets — a young nymph.
- nymphoid — Of or pertaining to a nymph.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool