7-letter words containing ph
- magilph — Alternative form of megilp.
- megilph — Alternative form of megilp.
- memphis — a group of international designers and architects, formed in the 1980s and based in Milan, whose work is characterized by the use of bold colors, geometric shapes, and unconventional, often playful, designs.
- mophead — Alternative spelling of mop head.
- morphan — A chemical compound, the base of the benzomorphan family of drugs.
- morphea — (medicine) localized scleroderma.
- morphed — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- morphew — A blemish or mark on the skin.
- morphia — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- morphic — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- morpho- — indicating form or structure
- morphol — morphology
- morphon — (biology) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to w Ernst Haeckel.
- morphos — Plural form of morpho.
- naphtha — a colorless, volatile petroleum distillate, usually an intermediate product between gasoline and benzine, used as a solvent, fuel, etc. Compare mineral spirits.
- nephele — a woman formed from a cloud by Zeus as a counterfeit of Hera, in order to deceive the lustful Ixion: mother by Ixion of the centaurs.
- nephews — Plural form of nephew.
- nephric — renal.
- nephro- — kidney or kidneys
- nephron — the filtering and excretory unit of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and tubules.
- nephros — (anatomy) A kidney-like organ.
- nymphae — Anatomy. one of the inner labia of the vulva.
- nymphal — Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.
- nymphet — a young nymph.
- nymphic — relating to a nymph
- nymphos — Plural form of nympho.
- omphale — a queen of Lydia, whom Hercules was required to serve as a slave to atone for the murder of Iphitus
- oophore — (biology) A form of some ferns and mosses that bear sexual fruit.
- oophyte — the gametophyte of a moss, fern, or liverwort, resulting from the development of a fertilized egg.
- ophelia — a female given name.
- ophitic — a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- ophiura — a sea creature, similar to a starfish, of the Ophiuridae family
- orphans — Plural form of orphan.
- orphean — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orpheus — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orphism — the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
- orphrey — an ornamental band or border, especially on an ecclesiastical vestment.
- oxyphil — a type of cell present in glands
- paphian — of or relating to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus sacred to Aphrodite.
- phablet — a mobile device that combines the features of a smartphone and a tablet computer and is larger than a typical smartphone but not as large as a typical small tablet.
- phacker — (communications, security) A telephone system cracker. A phacker may attempt to gain unauthorised access to a phone system in order to make free or untraceable calls or he may disrupt, alter or illegally tap phone systems via computer. The disruptions may include causing a phone line to be engaged so no calls go in or out, redirecting outgoing or incoming calls, as well as listening to actual calls made. Phackers are frequently confidence tricksters or phone freaks (nuisance callers who can only relate to other people by phone). Phackers are sometimes employed by illegal enterprises to conduct business using untraceable calls, or to disrupt, or follow legal authorities' investigations. Phackers interventions may be lethal to the person being phacked. A phacker may be a phone company employee, or usually, ex-employee who specialises in illegal phone system disruption, alteration or tapping via physically altering installations. A phacker is generally considered to be a socially and intellectually retarded cracker. See Captain Crunch.
- phacoid — having a form or structure like that of a lens
- phaedra — the wife of Theseus who fell in love with Hippolytus, her stepson, and eventually hanged herself after causing his death.
- phaenna — one of the Graces worshiped at Sparta.
- phaeton — any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- phalanx — (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping.
- phalera — a metal disk or boss worn on a man's breast as an ornament or as a military decoration or used to adorn the harness of a horse.
- phallic — of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
- phallin — an element that is found in the death cap toadstool that was originally suspected as being the poisonous essence of the fungus
- phallus — an image of the male reproductive organ, especially that carried in procession in ancient festivals of Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbolizing the generative power in nature.