9-letter words containing p, o, i, s, h
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- pansophic — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- parsonish — like a parson
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phenolics — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- philhorse — the horse, in a group of horses that are used to pull a carriage etc, which is at the back and nearest the object being pulled
- phonemics — the study of phonemes and phonemic systems.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- phonetist — a person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.
- phoniness — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phosphide — a binary compound of phosphorus with a basic element or group.
- phosphine — a colorless, poisonous, ill-smelling, flammable gas, PH 3 .
- phosphite — (loosely) a salt of phosphorous acid.
- phosphori — plural of phosphorus
- photodisk — a disk for use in a computer that contains photographs or can have photographs stored on it in a digitally coded manner
- photonics — the study and technology of the use of light for the transmission of information.
- photopsia — a rare disease of the eye's retina that results in the perception of flashes of light
- phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
- 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.
- 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.
- polish up — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- pollyfish — parrotfish.
- pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- priorship — the office of a prior
- prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
- prosthion — the most forward projecting point of the anterior surface of the upper jaw, in the midsagittal plane.
- prothesis — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- psychosis — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhizopods — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
- rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- rompishly — in a rompish manner
- schizopod — any crustacean of the former order or division Schizopoda, now divided into the orders Mysidacea, comprising the opossum shrimps, and Euphausiacea, comprising krill.
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- sciosophy — supposed knowledge of natural or supernatural phenomena or forces, usually based on tradition, as astrology or phrenology.
- scotophil — living and flourishing in darkness.
- ship over — to enlist or reenlist in the U.S. Navy
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- shipborne — carried on a ship.
- shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
- shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds