9-letter words containing p, h
- amphitruo — a comedy (c200 b.c.) by Plautus.
- ampholyte — an amphoteric electrolyte
- anaglyphs — Plural form of anaglyph.
- anaphasic — relating to the third stage in cell division
- anaphoral — relating to the prayer of oblation and consecration performed during Holy Communion
- anaphoras — Plural form of anaphora.
- anaphoria — (symptom) A tendency for both eyes to look upward.
- anaphoric — of or relating to anaphora
- angophora — any tree of the genus Angophora, related to the eucalyptus and native to E Australia
- anopheles — any of various mosquitoes constituting the genus Anopheles, some species of which transmit the malaria parasite to man
- anteporch — an outer porch.
- anthocarp — a composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- anthropo- — indicating man or human
- anthropod — Misspelling of arthropod.
- antigraph — A copy or transcript.
- antipathy — Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
- antiphase — (physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°.
- antiphone — (music) The response which one side of the choir makes to the other in a chant; alternate chanting or singing.
- antiphons — Plural form of antiphon.
- antiphony — the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs
- apartheid — Apartheid was a political system in South Africa in which people were divided into racial groups and kept apart by law.
- apatheism — (religion) Apathy towards the existence of a god; belief that the question of the existence of a god is unimportant.
- apatheist — (religion) A person who may accept the existence of a god, but who does not care about that god's existence.
- apathetic — If you describe someone as apathetic, you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about doing anything.
- aphanitic — of or resembling aphanite
- apheresis — the omission of a letter or syllable at the beginning of a word
- apheretic — Standard spelling of aphaeretic.
- aphetized — (linguistics, of a word) Having undergone aphesis, the removal of an unstressed initial vowel.
- aphorisms — Plural form of aphorism.
- aphorized — Simple past tense and past participle of aphorize.
- aphorizer — a person who aphorizes
- aphorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorize.
- aphrodite — the goddess of love and beauty, daughter of Zeus
- aphyllous — (of plants) having no leaves
- apiphobia — An inordinate fear of bees.
- apishness — The state or quality of being apish.
- apocrypha — the 14 books included as an appendix to the Old Testament in the Septuagint and the Vulgate but not included in the Hebrew canon. They are not printed in Protestant versions of the Bible
- apomorphy — (systematics): A derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants.
- apophasis — the device of mentioning a subject by stating that it will not be mentioned
- apophatic — of or relating to the belief that God can only be described by a process of negation
- apophenia — (psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.
- apophenic — Of or relating to apophenia.
- apophyges — Plural form of apophyge.
- apophyses — Plural form of apophyse.
- apophysis — a process, outgrowth, or swelling from part of an animal or plant
- apothecia — the fruit of certain lichens and fungi: usually an open, saucer-shaped or cup-shaped body, the inner surface of which is covered with a layer that bears asci.
- apothegms — Plural form of apothegm.
- apothesis — (architecture) A place on the south side of the chancel in primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
- appeached — Simple past tense and past participle of appeach.