9-letter words containing p, h
- hop to it — to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.
- hopatcong — a town in N New Jersey.
- hoped-for — Hoped-for is used to describe something that people would like to happen, and which they usually think is likely or possible.
- hopefully — in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
- hopkinson — Francis, 1737–91, American statesman and satirist.
- hoplology — the study of weapons or armour
- hopped up — excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
- hopped-up — excited; enthusiastic; exuberant, especially overexuberant.
- hoppiness — The state of being hoppy.
- hopscotch — a children's game in which a player tosses or kicks a small flat stone, beanbag, or other object into one of several numbered sections of a diagram marked on the pavement or ground and then hops on one foot over the lines from section to section and picks up the stone or object, usually while standing on one foot in an adjacent section.
- hornpipes — Plural form of hornpipe.
- hornpouts — Plural form of hornpout.
- horoscope — a diagram of the heavens, showing the relative position of planets and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating births, foretelling events in a person's life, etc.
- horoscopy — Archaic. the casting or taking of horoscopes.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- horsepond — A pond for watering horses.
- horsewhip — a whip for controlling horses.
- hosepipes — Plural form of hosepipe.
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.
- hospitate — (obsolete, transitive) To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
- hospitium — a hospice.
- hospodars — Plural form of hospodar.
- hot pants — (used with a plural verb) very brief and usually tight-fitting shorts for women and girls, first popularized in the early 1970s.
- hot plate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hot press — a hot press is an airing cupboard for clothes
- hot-press — a machine applying heat in conjunction with mechanical pressure, as for producing a smooth surface on paper or for expressing oil.
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- hourplate — the dial of a clock or watch
- housekeep — to keep or maintain a house.
- housekept — to keep or maintain a house.
- housetops — Plural form of housetop.
- hoverport — A terminal for hovercraft.
- hula hoop — toy: plastic hoop
- humpbacks — Plural form of humpback.
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- hunt's-up — (formerly) a call played on a hunting horn in the morning to rouse and assemble the participants in a hunt.
- huon pine — a coniferous tree, Dacrydium franklinii, of Tasmania, having very small cones and yielding timber.
- hushpuppy — a snack of deep-fried cornmeal bread
- hustle up — to prepare quickly
- hyde park — a public park in London, England.
- hydroptic — (formerly) edema.
- hydropult — a type of water pump or machine that expels water by means of hand power, as, for example, a fire extinguisher
- hylophyte — a plant that grows in woods
- hypallage — the reversal of the expected syntactic relation between two words, as in “her beauty's face” for “her face's beauty.”.
- hypanthia — Plural form of hypanthium.
- hypaspist — a shield bearer, especially one of a special unit of light infantry in the Macedonian army.
- hyper-man — A browser available with Epoch giving hypertext access to the Unix manual.
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.