9-letter words containing s, p, h
- euphrates — a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)
- euphuisms — Plural form of euphuism.
- exosphere — The outermost region of a planet's atmosphere.
- exstrophy — (medicine) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.
- farm shop — a shop that sells farm produce
- fash pack — people who are influential in the fashion industry
- feldspath — Alternative form of feldspar.
- finish up — complete
- fire ship — a vessel loaded with combustibles and explosives, ignited, and set adrift to destroy an enemy's ships or constructions.
- fish pole — fishing pole.
- fish pond — small lake for keeping fish
- fish shop — a shop that sells fish; a fishmonger's
- fish-pole — a long tapered flexible pole, often in jointed sections, for use with a fishing line and, usually, a reel
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- fishponds — Plural form of fishpond.
- fishpound — a submerged net used in commercial fishing for capturing fish.
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flashlamp — an electric lamp, usually containing xenon or another noble gas, used to produce a brief flash or pulsed flashes of intense light, such as that used in a camera flash
- fleshpots — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- flophouse — a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.
- footpaths — Plural form of footpath.
- foppishly — In a foppish way.
- geophones — Plural form of geophone.
- geophytes — Plural form of geophyte.
- geosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- giantship — the character, condition, or personality of a giant
- glasphalt — a road-surfacing material composed of asphalt and crushed glass.
- gomphoses — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- gomphosis — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- graphemes — Plural form of grapheme.
- grog-shop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- guideship — the position of a guide
- guildship — guild (defs 1, 2).
- gypsyhead — a flanged drum on a winch, for winding in lines.
- hairspray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- half step — Music. semitone.
- half-slip — a woman's skirtlike undergarment, usually of a straight or slightly flared shape and having a narrow elasticized waistband.
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
- hall pass — permit to leave classroom
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hampstead — a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.
- handclaps — Plural form of handclap.
- handclasp — a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
- handgrips — Plural form of handgrip.
- handicaps — Plural form of handicap.
- handpress — a printing press that is manipulated by hand