8-letter words containing p, h
- hairgrip — A flat hairpin having two prongs that hold bobbed hair together.
- hairpins — Plural form of hairpin.
- half pay — half one's regular pay.
- half-cup — half of a cup, equal to 4 fluid ounces (0.1 liter) or 8 tablespoons.
- half-pie — poorly planned or conceived
- halfpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
- halfpipe — Alternative form of half-pipe.
- halophil — Halobacterium.
- hamerkop — Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
- hampered — Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.
- hampster — Alternative form of hamster.
- handclap — a clapping of the hands.
- handgrip — the grip or clasp of a hand, as in greeting: a firm but friendly handgrip.
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- handlamp — A small lamp carried in the hand.
- handpass — (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) A pass made by holding the ball in one hand, and hitting it with the other hand.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- hands up — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handspan — The width of a person’s hand, as measured from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger, when the fingers and thumb are spread out.
- hanepoot — a variety of muscat grape used as a dessert fruit and in making wine
- haphsiba — Hephzibah (def 1).
- haphtara — the part of the Prophets read in synagogue services on the Sabbath and certain major holy days: the selection is related to the part of the Pentateuch read just before it
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- haplopia — normal vision (opposed to diplopia).
- haplosis — the production of haploid chromosome groups during meiosis.
- happened — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- happiest — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- happoshu — a Japanese drink, similar to beer
- hapsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- haptical — of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands.
- harappan — of or relating to Harappa, especially the Bronze Age culture of the Indus valley civilization.
- hard bop — an aggressive, driving, hot style of modern jazz developed by East Coast musicians in the late 1950s as a rejection of the more relaxed, cool style of West Coast jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- hard pad — (in dogs) an abnormal increase in the thickness of the foot pads: one of the clinical signs of canine distemper
- hard put — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- hard top — A hard top is a vehicle that has a permanent rigid roof.
- hard-put — hard (def 57).
- hardcopy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hardpack — a bag that has a rigid shell
- hardship — a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
- hardtops — Plural form of hardtop.
- harelips — Plural form of harelip.
- harpagon — (obsolete) a grappling hook.
- harpings — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- harpists — Plural form of harpist.
- harpoons — Plural form of harpoon.
- harrumph — to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.
- haruspex — (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
- hat shop — a shop that sell hats