9-letter words containing ph
- barophile — An organism that lives and thrives under high barometric pressure; a form of extremophile.
- basophile — Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- basophils — Plural form of basophil.
- bethphage — a place in ancient Israel, at the foot of the Mount of Olives: starting point of Jesus' ride into Jerusalem. Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- biophilia — an innate love for the natural world, supposed to be felt universally by humankind
- biosphere — The biosphere is the part of the earth's surface and atmosphere where there are living things.
- bisphenol — a synthetic organic compound used to make plastics and resins
- blaspheme — If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- blepharo- — eyelid, eyelids
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- bryophyte — any plant of the phyla Bryophyta (mosses), Hepatophyta (liverworts), or Anthocerophyta (hornworts), having stems and leaves but lacking true vascular tissue and roots and reproducing by spores
- cacophony — You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as a cacophony.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- canephora — Caryatid that supports a basket on her head.
- car phone — A car phone is a mobile phone, especially one which is designed to be used in a car.
- cardphone — a public telephone operated by the insertion of a phonecard instead of coins
- cataphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word used subsequently in the same discourse
- cataphyll — a simplified form of plant leaf, such as a scale leaf or cotyledon
- cellphone — A cellphone is the same as a cellular phone.
- cenotaphs — Plural form of cenotaph.
- cephalate — (of living organisms) possessing a head or headlike feature
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cephalins — Plural form of cephalin.
- cephaloid — Shaped like the head or the brain.
- cephalous — having a head
- cerograph — an engraving or writing on wax
- chipheads — Plural form of chiphead.
- choephori — a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- chophouse — a restaurant specializing in steaks, grills, chops, etc
- cinephile — a person who loves films and cinema
- ciphering — calculating
- coliphage — a bacteriophage
- colophons — Plural form of colophon.
- colophony — rosin
- coryphene — either of two large marine percoid fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins and have an iridescent coloration
- cosphered — sharing the same sphere
- crisphead — a variety of lettuce with a dense cabbage-like head and mild crunchy leaves
- cristophe — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), ("Henri I"I) 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary general, born in Grenada: king 1811–20.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cupholder — a competitor who has won or successfully defended a specific cup, trophy, championship, etc.; champion.
- cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cynophobe — A person with cynophobia.
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- cytophagy — the ingestion of cells by other cells.