9-letter words containing p, h
- logogriph — an anagram, or a puzzle involving anagrams.
- logophile — a lover of words.
- loin chop — a small piece of meat cut from the loin
- longships — Plural form of longship.
- loopholed — Simple past tense and past participle of loophole.
- loopholes — Plural form of loophole.
- lophodont — having molar teeth with crowns in the form of transverse ridges.
- lopoliths — Plural form of lopolith.
- lordships — Plural form of lordship.
- lumpishly — In a lumpish manner.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- lymphitis — (archaic) lymphadenopathy.
- lymphomas — Plural form of lymphoma.
- lynchpins — Plural form of lynchpin.
- lyophiled — (of blood, serum, tissue, etc) freeze-dried
- lyophilic — noting a colloid the particles of which have a strong affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- machpelah — the site of a cave, probably in the ancient city of Hebron, where Abraham, Sarah, Rebekah, Isaac, Jacob, and Leah were buried. Gen. 23:19; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13.
- mail path — source route
- malpighia — (botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
- malt shop — a retail establishment specializing in serving ice-cream drinks, as malted milks, milk shakes, and sodas.
- manhelper — a long pole for holding a paintbrush, used in painting areas otherwise out of ordinary reach.
- marchpane — marzipan.
- marigraph — a device that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide.
- mast hasp — mast clamp (def 2).
- matchplay — Alternative form of match play.
- mayhappen — perhaps; mayhap.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mazopathy — mazopathia.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- megaphone — a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance. Compare bullhorn.
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- melphalan — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- mephitism — poisonous air or a foul smell
- merneptah — king of ancient Egypt c1225–c1215 b.c. (son of Ramses II).
- mesomorph — a person of the mesomorphic type.
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- mesophyte — a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- metaphase — the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.
- metaphone — (algorithm, text) An algorithm for encoding a word so that similar sounding words encode the same. It's similar to soundex in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation it's more accurate. The higher accuracy doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more computational power as well as more storage capacity, but neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive. It is in the public domain so it can be freely implemented. Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <[email protected]>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphyte — a multicellular plant.
- microchip — chip1 (def 5).
- minorship — the state of being a minor
- mishappen — (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.