9-letter words containing p, r, o, h, i
- pariahdom — an outcast.
- parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- parsonish — like a parson
- pedorthic — (of footwear) designed to alleviate problems with feet, lower limbs, posture, etc
- perimorph — a crystal of one mineral enclosing that of another mineral. Compare endomorph (def 1).
- petrichor — a distinctive scent, usually described as earthy, pleasant, or sweet, produced by rainfall on very dry ground.
- pforzheim — a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
- 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
- phlorizin — a bitter, crystalline glucoside, C 2 1 H 2 4 O 1 0 , obtained from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, etc.: formerly used as a tonic and in the treatment of malaria; now used chiefly in biochemical research.
- phosphori — plural of phosphorus
- phronesis — wisdom in determining ends and the means of attaining them.
- pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- pitch for — If someone is pitching for something, they are trying to persuade other people to give it to them.
- pitchfork — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- plethoric — overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.
- plowright — Dame Joan. born 1929, British actress, married to Laurence Olivier (1961–89)
- pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
- porphyria — a defect of blood pigment metabolism in which porphyrins are produced in excess, are present in the blood, and are found in the urine.
- porphyric — of or relating to porphyria
- porphyrin — a dark red, photosensitive pigment consisting of four pyrrole rings linked by single carbon atoms: a component of chlorophyll, heme, and vitamin B 1 2 .
- porphyrio — any aquatic bird of the genus Porphyrio
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- power hit — (Or "power glitch") A sudden increase (spike) or decrease (drop-out) in the mains electricity supply. These can cause crashes and even permanent damage to computers. Computers and other electronic equipment should really include some kind of over-voltage protection in its mains input to prevent such damamge.
- premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
- priorship — the office of a prior
- pro-hindu — a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- prophasic — relating to the first stage of nuclear division
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- 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.
- prothetic — the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word, as in Spanish escala “ladder” from Latin scala.
- rhamphoid — beaklike or beak-shaped
- rhapontic — a type of rhubarb
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rheophile — an organism that likes to live in flowing water
- rhipidion — a fan used in Greek Orthodox church services
- rhizocarp — a plant that fruits underground or whose root remains intact while the leaves die off annually
- 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
- 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.
- sophister — a specious, unsound, or fallacious reasoner.
- sophistry — a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.