9-letter words containing p, h
- phthalein — any of a group of compounds formed by treating phthalic anhydride with phenols, from which certain important dyes are derived.
- phthiocol — a yellow crystalline substance, C 1 1 H 8 O 3 , produced by the human tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, having antibiotic and blood-clotting properties.
- phycocyan — a type of blue pigment or protein which is found in some algae
- phycology — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
- phylakopi — an archaeological site on the Greek island of Melos, in the Cyclades group: excavations have revealed the remains of three successive ancient cities erected on a primitive Cycladic settlement.
- phylarchy — a government led by a phylarch
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- phyllopod — any crustacean of the order Phyllopoda, having leaflike swimming appendages.
- phylogeny — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physiatry — physical medicine.
- physicals — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- physician — a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
- physicism — the belief in the physical and material world as opposed to the spiritual world in matters of philosophy and religion
- physicist — a scientist who specializes in physics.
- physicked — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- physiqued — having a particular physique
- phytocide — a substance or preparation for killing plants.
- phytolith — a microscopic silica body that forms in a living plant and becomes fossilized.
- phytology — botany.
- phytosaur — any armored, semiaquatic reptile of the extinct order Phytosauria, of the Mesozoic Era, resembling the crocodile but unrelated, having the nostrils high on the snout and with well-developed hind limbs suggestive of bipedal ancestors.
- phytotomy — the study of the internal structure or anatomy of plants
- phytotron — a building in which plants can be grown on a large scale, under controlled conditions
- picholine — a variety of mild green olive from France which is cured in salt brine
- pickthank — a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
- pie chart — a graphic representation of quantitative information by means of a circle divided into sectors, in which the relative sizes of the areas (or central angles) of the sectors correspond to the relative sizes or proportions of the quantities.
- pied shag — a large New Zealand seabird, Phalacrocorax varius, with a white throat and underparts
- pigheaded — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- pikeperch — any of several pikelike fishes of the perch family, especially the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum.
- pile shoe — an iron casting shaped to a point and fitted to a lower end of a wooden or concrete pile
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
- pinch bug — a stag beetle
- pinch-hit — Baseball. to serve as a pinch hitter.
- pinchback — Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837–1921, U.S. politician.
- pinchbeck — an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
- pinchcock — a clamp for compressing a flexible pipe, as a rubber tube, in order to regulate or stop the flow of a fluid.
- pinchfist — a miser
- ping hsin — (Hsieh Wan-ying) Bing Xin.
- pinheaded — stupid or foolish.
- pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
- pinocchio — the hero of Carlo Collodi's children's story, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), a wooden puppet who comes to life as a boy and whose nose grows longer whenever he tells a lie.
- pinwrench — wrench with a projection to fit a hole
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pitch for — If someone is pitching for something, they are trying to persuade other people to give it to them.
- pitchbend — an electronic device that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note being sounded on a synthesizer, usually with a pitch wheel, strip, or lever
- pitchfork — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- pitchpole — (of a boat) to capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- pithecoid — belonging or pertaining to the genus Pithecia and related genera, including the saki monkeys.