9-letter words containing p, y, o, r, h
- hypospray — (science fiction) A kind of jet injector.
- hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
- kymograph — an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- myatrophy — myoatrophy.
- myographs — Plural form of myograph.
- myomorpha — A major division of the rodents that includes the rats, mice, voles, hamsters, and their relatives.
- orography — the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains.
- orphreyed — embroidered with gold
- orthopedy — Archaic form of orthopedics.
- overhappy — too happy
- pharyngo- — pharynx
- phonatory — rapid, periodic opening and closing of the glottis through separation and apposition of the vocal cords that, accompanied by breath under lung pressure, constitutes a source of vocal sound.
- phony war — (in wartime) a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
- 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.
- phytotron — a building in which plants can be grown on a large scale, under controlled conditions
- polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polyether — a polymeric ether.
- polygraph — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polymorph — Biology. an organism having more than one adult form, as the different castes in social ants.
- 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
- pothecary — apothecary.
- prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- pyorrhoea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- pyothorax — empyema.
- pyrograph — an object ornamented by pyrography.
- pyrophone — an instrument resembling a small pipe organ, designed to produce musical sounds using gas flames burning close together in glass tubes, and producing a sound when the flames are separated by the pressing of a key. Designed by G.F.E. Kastner in 1869
- rompishly — in a rompish manner
- sophistry — a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
- typograph — a machine for creating indentations of characters upon a sheet of metal from which prints can be made
- whipcordy — resembling a whipcord
- xerophagy — a Lenten fast observed especially during Holy Week, constituting the strictest fast in the Eastern Church.
- xerophyte — a plant adapted for growth under dry conditions.
- xylograph — An engraving in wood, especially one used for printing.
- zephyrous — of, relating to, or like a zephyr; full of or containing light breezes.
- zoography — the branch of zoology dealing with the description of animals.
- zoomorphy — the state of being zoomorphic
- zootrophy — the nourishment of animals
- zygophore — (in certain fungi) any of several specialized branches of hyphae, bearing the isogametes that unite to produce a zygospore.