9-letter words containing ph
- lymphomas — Plural form of lymphoma.
- lyophiled — (of blood, serum, tissue, etc) freeze-dried
- lyophilic — noting a colloid the particles of which have a strong affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- marigraph — a device that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide.
- mcpherson — Aimee Semple [sem-puh l] /ˈsɛm pəl/ (Show IPA), 1890–1944, U.S. evangelist, born in Canada.
- megaphone — a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance. Compare bullhorn.
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- melphalan — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- mephitism — poisonous air or a foul smell
- mesomorph — a person of the mesomorphic type.
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- mesophyte — a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- metamorph — (biology) An organism that has undergone metamorphosis.
- metaphase — the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.
- metaphone — (algorithm, text) An algorithm for encoding a word so that similar sounding words encode the same. It's similar to soundex in purpose, but as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation it's more accurate. The higher accuracy doesn't come free, though, metaphone requires more computational power as well as more storage capacity, but neither of these requirements are usually prohibitive. It is in the public domain so it can be freely implemented. Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <[email protected]>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].
- metaphore — Misspelling of metaphor.
- metaphors — 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).
- metaphyte — a multicellular plant.
- misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
- mixotroph — any organism capable of existing as either an autotroph or heterotroph.
- monograph — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- monophagy — The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).
- monophase — (electricity) Having a single phase of alternating current.
- monophony — a musical style employing a single melodic line without accompaniment.
- monophyly — (systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.
- moonphase — a phase of the moon
- mophandle — The handle of a mop.
- morphemes — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- morphemic — any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- morphinic — of, pertaining to, or resembling morphine
- morphisms — Plural form of morphism.
- morphogen — A chemical agent able to cause or determine morphogenesis.
- morphoses — Plural form of morphosis.
- morphosis — the sequence or manner of development or change in an organism or any of its parts.
- morphotic — (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
- mphahlele — Ezekiel (Es'kia Mphahlele) 1919–2008, South African writer.
- myatrophy — myoatrophy.
- mycophagy — the eating of mushrooms
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- myographs — Plural form of myograph.
- myomorpha — A major division of the rodents that includes the rats, mice, voles, hamsters, and their relatives.
- mysophobe — A person with an abnormal fear of filth or dirt.
- naphthene — any of a group of hydrocarbon ring compounds of the general formula, C n H 2n , derivatives of cyclopentane and cyclohexane, found in certain petroleums.
- naphthols — Plural form of naphthol.
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- necrophil — person who is sexually attracted to dead bodies
- negrophil — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.