8-letter words containing p, h
- prefetch — instruction prefetch
- prefight — of the period before a boxing match
- prehnite — a mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, Ca 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 1 0 (OH) 2 , occurring in light-green reniform aggregates or tabular crystals.
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- prelunch — of or relating to the period before lunch
- prepunch — to pierce with holes in advance
- preshape — to shape beforehand so as to be ready for use
- preshave — a liquid preparation, usually containing alcohol, for applying to the face to dry the skin and beard before shaving with an electric razor.
- preweigh — to weigh beforehand
- prichard — a city in S Alabama.
- priggish — a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- prithivi — a Vedic goddess personifying the earth and fertility.
- pro shop — a shop that is operated in connection with a golf or tennis club, resort, etc., and has sports equipment and often recreational clothing for sale or rent and is usually supervised by a resident professional coach or instructor.
- prochoos — an elongated form of the oinochoe.
- prograph — (language) A visual dataflow programming language and environment from the Technical University of Halifax. Prograph is an entirely graphical visual programming language, other than for the text of method names, and supports the program development process in a highly-interactive fashion. Operation icons are connected by data links through which information flows. It supports object orientation via class-based data abstraction with single inheritance. Prograph is available for the Macintosh, and soon for Windows and Unix, from TGS Systems.
- prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- prophage — a stable, inherited form of bacteriophage in which the genetic material of the virus is integrated into, replicated, and expressed with the genetic material of the bacterial host.
- prophase — Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
- prophecy — the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.
- prophesy — to foretell or predict.
- prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- prophyll — one of two first leaves to appear on a lateral shoot, usually smaller than the leaves that follow
- proudhon — Pierre Joseph [pyer zhaw-zef] /pyɛr ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1809–65, French socialist and writer.
- proudish — rather proud
- prowfish — a fish, Zaprora silenus, of the North Pacific.
- prud'hon — Pierre Paul [pyer pawl] /pyɛr pɔl/ (Show IPA), (Pierre Prudon) 1758–1823, French painter.
- psephism — (in ancient Athens) a proposition adopted by a majority vote in the public assembly
- psephite — any coarse rock, as breccia or conglomerate.
- pseudish — pretentious
- psych up — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psyching — psych1 .
- psychism — the belief in a universal soul; the attributing of souls to inanimate objects or phenomena
- psychist — a person who believes in psychic phenomena
- psychoid — the innate impetus to perform actions
- psychol. — psychological
- psychro- — cold
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- puck hog — a player who is reluctant to pass the puck to other members of his or her team
- pugachov — Yemelyan Ivanovich. 1726–75, Russian Cossack rebel, leader of a major revolt against the government of Catherine II: executed
- puirtith — poverty
- pumphood — a cover for the upper wheel of a chain pump
- punch in — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch up — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-up — punch-out (def 2).
- punchbag — A punchbag is a heavy leather bag, filled with a firm material, that hangs on a rope. Punchbags are used by boxers and other sportsmen for exercise and training.
- puncheon — a heavy slab of timber, roughly dressed, for use as a floorboard.
- punchier — punch-drunk.
- punching — a tool or machine for perforating or stamping materials, driving nails, etc.
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- puppyish — a young dog, especially one less than a year old.