8-letter words containing p, h
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purplish — of or having a somewhat purple hue.
- push off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- push-off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- pushball — a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, which two sides attempt to push to opposite goals.
- pushcard — punchboard.
- pushcart — any of various types of wheeled light cart to be pushed by hand, as one used by street vendors.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- pygmyish — resembling a pygmy
- pyorrhea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- pythonic — prophetic; oracular.
- quippish — involving or characterized by quips
- ramphele — Mamphela. born 1947, Black South African political activist: partner of Steve Biko; a director of the World Bank (2000–04); founded the political party Agang (2013)
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- raphania — a type of ergotism possibly resulting from ingestion of the poison from radish seeds
- rathripe — mature or ripe ahead of time
- reaphook — a sickle
- rephrase — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- replough — to plough again
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- reshaper — a person or thing that reshapes
- respighi — Ottorino [awt-taw-ree-naw] /ˌɔt tɔˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1936, Italian composer.
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- rheopexy — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- rheophil — (of organisms) liking flowing water
- rhizopod — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- robohelp — (tool) A Microsoft Windows Help authoring tool from Blue Sky Software. Used with Microsoft Word to create Help files for inclusion in a Windows application or for stand alone use.
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- rose hip — hip2 .
- rough up — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- rum shop — a tavern or shop selling liquor.
- sahaptin — a member of an American Indian people of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- sandheap — a heap of sand
- sap bush — sugarbush (def 2).
- sapphira — a woman who, with her husband, Ananias, was struck dead for lying. Acts 5.
- sapphire — any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
- sapphism — lesbianism.
- sapphist — a lesbian
- sarpanch — the head of a panchayat
- scampish — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- schapska — a cavalry helmet with a flat, square top