8-letter words containing t, h, e, p
- in depth — extensive, thorough, or profound: an in-depth analysis of the problem.
- in-depth — extensive, thorough, or profound: an in-depth analysis of the problem.
- inchtape — a measuring tape marked out in inches
- isophote — a line on a diagram or image of a galaxy, nebula, or other celestial object joining points of equal surface brightness
- isopleth — a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- jephthah — a judge of Israel. Judges 11, 12.
- klephtic — (historical) Relating to the klephts.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- memphite — Also, Memphitic [mem-fit-ik] /mɛmˈfɪt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.
- meneptah — Merneptah.
- mephisto — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephitic — offensive to the smell.
- mephitis — (in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nepenthe — a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
- nephrite — Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
- nephtali — Naphtali.
- netphone — A telephone that connects through the internet.
- nymphets — a young nymph.
- opheltes — the son of King Lycurgus of Nemea who was killed in infancy by a serpent and in whose memory the Nemean games were held.
- orthoepy — the study of correct pronunciation.
- pamphlet — a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.
- pantheon — a national monument in Paris, France, used as a sepulcher for eminent French persons, begun in 1764 by Soufflot as the church of Ste. Geneviève and secularized in 1885.
- panthera — a genus of chiefly large cats that includes the snow leopard, tiger, leopard, jaguar, and lion, most having the ability to roar.
- pasithea — one of the Graces.
- pastiche — a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- pathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathless — trackless; untrodden: a pathless forest.
- pathname — the sequence of symbols and names indicating the location of a particular file in a hierarchical file system.
- pathogen — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- pathoses — a diseased condition.
- pathspec — pathname
- peamouth — a minnow, Mylocheilus caurinus, of northwestern U.S. and British Columbian waters.
- peatship — the state of being a peat
- penchant — a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.
- penlight — a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- pentarch — a government by five persons.
- pentheus — the grandson of Cadmus and his successor as king of Thebes, who resisted the introduction of the cult of Dionysus. In revenge the god drove him mad and he was torn to pieces by a group of bacchantes, one of whom was his mother
- perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
- perthite — a variety of feldspar containing irregular bands of albite in microcline.
- peshitta — the principal Syriac version of the Bible.
- pesthole — a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease.
- pet hate — sth disliked intensely
- pet shop — a shop selling animals intended as pets
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- petechia — a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
- petrarch — (Francesco Petrarca) 1304–74, Italian poet and scholar.