8-letter words containing PH
Embark on an exploration of 8-letter words that contain the letter PH. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate PH within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| physical | 18 | impelled by physical force especially against resistance | a real cop would get physical |
| elephant | 13 | five-toed pachyderm | - |
| shepherd | 17 | a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock | - |
| prophecy | 20 | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | - |
| morphine | 15 | an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain | - |
| pharmacy | 20 | the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, | - |
| metaphor | 15 | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | - |
| syphilis | 16 | a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | - |
| symphony | 21 | a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra | - |
| alphabet | 15 | the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) | - |
| prophets | 15 | the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures | - |
| decipher | 16 | convert code into ordinary language | - |
| emphasis | 15 | special importance or significance | the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis |
| graphics | 16 | photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | - |
| epiphany | 18 | twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus | - |
| orphaned | 14 | deprived of parents by death or desertion | - |
| pamphlet | 17 | a small book usually having a paper cover | - |
| sapphire | 15 | a light shade of blue | - |
| physique | 25 | constitution of the human body | - |
| euphoria | 13 | a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | - |
| upheaval | 16 | a violent disturbance | - |
| rephrase | 13 | express the same message in different words | - |
| pheasant | 13 | flesh of a pheasant; usually braised | - |
| loophole | 13 | an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation | - |
| euphoric | 15 | exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation | - |
| prophesy | 18 | deliver a sermon | - |
| seraphim | 15 | - | - |
| lymphoma | 20 | a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
| peephole | 15 | a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | - |
| phrasing | 14 | the manner in which something is expressed in words | - |
| asphyxia | 23 | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas | - |
| earphone | 13 | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked |
| dauphine | 14 | - | - |
| sphinxes | 20 | - | - |
| phonetic | 15 | of or relating to speech sounds | phonetic transcription |
| graphite | 14 | used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | - |
| sulphate | 13 | a salt or ester of sulphuric acid | - |
| sulphide | 14 | a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive | - |
| stephane | 13 | - | - |
| phantasm | 15 | something existing in perception only | - |
| pharisee | 13 | a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions | - |
| phimosis | 15 | an abnormal tightness of the foreskin preventing retraction over the glans | - |
| phalange | 14 | - | - |
| emphatic | 17 | spoken with emphasis | an emphatic word |
| cenotaph | 15 | a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered | - |
| asphodel | 14 | any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers | - |
| oliphant | 13 | - | - |
| neophyte | 16 | a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist | - |
| phosphor | 18 | a synthetic substance that is fluorescent or phosphorescent; used to coat the screens of cathode ray tubes | - |
| anaphase | 13 | the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | - |
| geophone | 14 | - | - |
| prophase | 15 | the first stage of meiosis | - |
| aphorism | 15 | a short pithy instructive saying | - |
| philomel | 15 | - | - |
| phantasy | 16 | imagination unrestricted by reality | - |
| porphyry | 21 | any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals | - |
| ephemera | 15 | something transitory; lasting a day | - |
| mephitic | 17 | of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution | - |
| jatropha | 20 | a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae | - |
| unsphere | 13 | - | - |
| upheaped | 16 | - | - |
| upheaved | 17 | - | - |
| upheaver | 16 | - | - |
| upheaves | 16 | - | - |
| uphoards | 14 | - | - |
| uphoists | 13 | - | - |
| upholder | 14 | someone who upholds or maintains | firm upholders of tradition |
| uphoords | 14 | - | - |
| uphudden | 15 | - | - |
| uphurled | 14 | - | - |
| weephole | 16 | - | - |
| zoomorph | 24 | - | - |
| zoophagy | 26 | - | - |
| zoophile | 22 | - | - |
| zoophily | 25 | - | - |
| zoophobe | 24 | - | - |
| zoophori | 22 | - | - |
| zoophyte | 25 | any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge | - |
| zizyphus | 34 | - | - |
| xiphoids | 21 | - | - |
| xeraphim | 22 | - | - |
| xenophya | 23 | - | - |
| strophes | 13 | - | - |
| strophic | 15 | - | - |
| sulphone | 13 | - | - |
| sulphurs | 13 | - | - |
| sulphury | 16 | - | - |
| sulphite | 13 | - | - |
| sulphids | 14 | - | - |
| subphase | 15 | - | - |
| subphyla | 18 | - | - |
| subgraph | 16 | - | - |
| sumphish | 18 | - | - |
| sylphide | 17 | - | - |
| sylphids | 17 | - | - |
| sylphier | 16 | - | - |
| sylphine | 16 | - | - |
| sylphish | 19 | - | - |
| syngraph | 17 | - | - |
| syrphian | 16 | - | - |
| syrphids | 17 | - | - |
| syphered | 17 | - | - |
| syphoned | 17 | - | - |
| synaphea | 16 | - | - |
| symphile | 18 | - | - |
| symphily | 21 | - | - |
| telphers | 13 | - | - |
| tapholes | 13 | - | - |
| taphouse | 13 | tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | - |
| theosoph | 16 | - | - |
| thiophen | 16 | - | - |
| thiophil | 16 | - | - |
| tephrite | 13 | - | - |
| teraphim | 15 | - | - |
| triumphs | 15 | - | - |
| triphase | 13 | - | - |
| triphone | 13 | - | - |
| trophesy | 16 | - | - |
| trophied | 14 | - | - |
| trophies | 13 | - | - |
| trephine | 13 | a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull | - |
| triglyph | 17 | - | - |
| trigraph | 14 | - | - |
| trimorph | 15 | - | - |
| typhuses | 16 | - | - |
| typhoons | 16 | - | - |
| typhonic | 18 | - | - |
| typhoids | 17 | - | - |
| tumphies | 15 | - | - |
| uncipher | 15 | - | - |
| rhaphide | 17 | - | - |
| rheophil | 16 | - | - |
| sapheads | 14 | - | - |
| samphire | 15 | fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass | - |
| scaphoid | 16 | shaped like a boat | - |
| scarphed | 16 | - | - |
| saphenae | 13 | - | - |
| sapphics | 17 | - | - |
| sapphism | 17 | female homosexuality | - |
| sapphist | 15 | - | - |
| saphenas | 13 | - | - |
| scyphate | 18 | - | - |
| seraphin | 13 | - | - |
| seraphic | 15 | having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub | looking so seraphic when he slept |
| silphium | 15 | tall North American perennial herbs | - |
| shophars | 16 | - | - |
| slaphead | 14 | - | - |
| siphonic | 15 | - | - |
| siphonal | 13 | - | - |
| siphoned | 14 | - | - |
| siphonet | 13 | - | - |
| sopheric | 15 | - | - |
| sopherim | 15 | - | - |
| sophisms | 15 | - | - |
| sophists | 13 | - | - |
| sphering | 14 | - | - |
| spheroid | 14 | a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes | it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid |
| spherule | 13 | a small sphere | - |
| sphinges | 14 | - | - |
| sphingid | 15 | any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed | - |
| sphygmic | 21 | - | - |
| sphygmus | 19 | - | - |
| spherier | 13 | - | - |
| spherics | 15 | - | - |
| sphaeres | 13 | - | - |
| sphagnum | 16 | any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat | - |
| sphairee | 13 | - | - |
| spheares | 13 | - | - |
| sphenoid | 14 | butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull | - |
| sphynxes | 23 | - | - |
| paphians | 15 | - | - |
| pansophy | 18 | - | - |
| paraphed | 16 | - | - |
| payphone | 18 | - | - |
| photofit | 16 | - | - |
| phratral | 13 | - | - |
| phratric | 15 | - | - |
| phreaked | 18 | - | - |
| phreaker | 17 | - | - |
| phreatic | 15 | of or relating to ground water | - |
| phrenism | 15 | - | - |
| phrygana | 17 | - | - |
| phrasier | 13 | - | - |
| phrasers | 13 | - | - |
| photogen | 14 | - | - |
| photoing | 14 | - | - |
| photomap | 17 | - | - |
| photonic | 15 | - | - |
| photopia | 15 | - | - |
| photopic | 17 | - | - |
| photopsy | 18 | - | - |
| photoset | 13 | - | - |
| phthalic | 18 | - | - |
| phthalin | 16 | - | - |
| phthises | 16 | - | - |
| phyllite | 16 | - | - |
| phyllode | 17 | an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade | - |
| phyllody | 20 | - | - |
| phylloid | 17 | - | - |
| phyllome | 18 | - | - |
| physalia | 16 | Portuguese man-of-war | - |
| physalis | 16 | ground cherries | - |
| physeter | 16 | type genus of the Physeteridae | - |
| phyllids | 17 | - | - |
| phyllary | 19 | - | - |
| phthisic | 18 | - | - |
| phthisis | 16 | involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body | - |
| phutting | 14 | - | - |
| phylarch | 21 | - | - |
| phylaxis | 23 | - | - |
| phyleses | 16 | - | - |
| phylesis | 16 | - | - |
| phyletic | 18 | of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms | - |
| photisms | 15 | - | - |
| phenylic | 18 | - | - |
| philtres | 13 | - | - |
| philtrum | 15 | - | - |
| phimoses | 15 | - | - |
| phimotic | 17 | - | - |
| phinnock | 19 | - | - |
| phishing | 17 | - | - |
| phisnomy | 18 | - | - |
| philtred | 14 | - | - |
| philters | 13 | - | - |
| phereses | 13 | - | - |
| pheresis | 13 | a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion | - |
| phialled | 14 | - | - |
| philabeg | 16 | - | - |
| philamot | 15 | - | - |
| philibeg | 16 | - | - |
| philomot | 15 | - | - |
| phlegmon | 16 | - | - |
| phobisms | 17 | - | - |
| phobists | 15 | - | - |
| phorates | 13 | - | - |
| phorminx | 22 | - | - |
| phormium | 17 | - | - |
| phoronid | 14 | hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom | - |
| phosgene | 14 | a colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay; used in chemical warfare | - |
| phosphid | 19 | - | - |
| phosphin | 18 | - | - |
| phonying | 17 | - | - |
| phoniest | 13 | - | - |
| pholades | 14 | - | - |
| phonated | 14 | - | - |
| phonates | 13 | - | - |
| phonecam | 17 | - | - |
| phonemes | 15 | - | - |
| phonemic | 17 | by phonemics | phonemically transcribed |
| phoneyed | 17 | - | - |
| photinia | 13 | genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles | - |
| physicky | 25 | - | - |
| phytanes | 16 | - | - |
| phytonic | 18 | - | - |
| phytoses | 16 | - | - |
| phytosis | 16 | - | - |
| phenolic | 15 | a thermosetting resin | - |
| phalloid | 14 | - | - |
| phanging | 15 | - | - |
| phantast | 13 | - | - |
| phantoms | 15 | - | - |
| phantomy | 18 | - | - |
| pharaohs | 16 | - | - |
| phallist | 13 | - | - |
| phallism | 15 | - | - |
| phacelia | 15 | any plant of the genus Phacelia | - |
| phaeisms | 15 | - | - |
| phaetons | 13 | - | - |
| phallins | 13 | - | - |
| pharming | 16 | - | - |
| phelloid | 14 | - | - |
| phelonia | 13 | - | - |
| phenates | 13 | - | - |
| phenazin | 22 | - | - |
| phenetic | 15 | - | - |
| phenetol | 13 | - | - |
| phengite | 14 | - | - |
| phenixes | 20 | - | - |
| phellems | 15 | - | - |
| pheezing | 23 | - | - |
| pharoses | 13 | - | - |
| phaseout | 13 | - | - |
| phasings | 14 | - | - |
| phasmids | 16 | - | - |
| phattest | 13 | - | - |
| pheazars | 22 | - | - |
| pheesing | 14 | - | - |
| phenogam | 16 | - | - |
| polyphon | 18 | - | - |
| prophyll | 18 | a plant structure resembling a leaf | - |
| psephism | 17 | - | - |
| psephite | 15 | - | - |
| prophage | 16 | - | - |
| pumphood | 18 | - | - |
| ralphing | 14 | - | - |
| reaphook | 17 | - | - |
| raphania | 13 | - | - |
| raphides | 14 | - | - |
| pamphrey | 20 | - | - |
| oxyphile | 23 | - | - |
| oxyphils | 23 | - | - |
| anaglyph | 17 | anything carved in low relief | - |
| amphibia | 17 | the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians | - |
| amphioxi | 22 | - | - |
| amphipod | 18 | a kind of malacostracan crustacean | - |
| amphorae | 15 | - | - |
| amphoral | 15 | - | - |
| amphoras | 15 | - | - |
| amphoric | 17 | the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle | amphoric breathing indicates a cavity in the lung |
| anaphora | 13 | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses | - |
| anaphors | 13 | - | - |
| alphorns | 13 | - | - |
| alphosis | 13 | - | - |
| aphonies | 13 | - | - |
| aphonous | 13 | - | - |
| aphorise | 13 | speak or write in aphorisms | - |
| aphorist | 13 | someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms | - |
| aphorize | 22 | speak or write in aphorisms | - |
| aphthous | 16 | - | - |
| apophony | 18 | - | - |
| apograph | 16 | - | - |
| apophyge | 19 | - | - |
| aphonics | 15 | - | - |
| aphasics | 15 | - | - |
| aphelian | 13 | - | - |
| aphelion | 13 | apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun | - |
| aphetise | 13 | - | - |
| aphetize | 22 | - | - |
| aphicide | 16 | - | - |
| aphidian | 14 | - | - |
| apholate | 13 | - | - |
| aphasias | 13 | - | - |
| aphasiac | 15 | - | - |
| aphagias | 14 | - | - |
| aphakias | 17 | - | - |
| aphanite | 13 | fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye | - |
| aphonias | 13 | - | - |
| antiphon | 13 | a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response | - |
| aspheric | 15 | varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape | - |
| asphalts | 13 | - | - |
| atrophia | 13 | - | - |
| atrophic | 15 | relating to or characterized by atrophy | atrophic arthritis |
| basophil | 15 | a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains | - |
| biograph | 16 | - | - |
| biophors | 15 | - | - |
| biophore | 15 | - | - |
| biomorph | 17 | - | - |
| biphasic | 17 | - | - |
| biphenyl | 18 | - | - |
| biotroph | 15 | - | - |
| bimorphs | 17 | - | - |
| airgraph | 14 | - | - |
| agraphic | 16 | relating to or having agraphia | - |
| agraphon | 14 | - | - |
| agraphia | 14 | a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion | - |
| dysphagy | 21 | - | - |
| drophead | 15 | - | - |
| elaphine | 13 | - | - |
| encipher | 15 | convert ordinary language into code | - |
| emphases | 15 | - | - |
| ephedras | 14 | - | - |
| ephedrin | 14 | - | - |
| epiphyte | 18 | plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | - |
| epitaphs | 15 | - | - |
| ephorate | 13 | - | - |
| epigraph | 16 | an engraved inscription | - |
| enophile | 13 | someone who appreciates wine | - |
| engulphs | 14 | - | - |
| ensphere | 13 | - | - |
| ethephon | 16 | - | - |
| euphenic | 15 | - | - |
| euphuist | 13 | - | - |
| euphuize | 22 | - | - |
| euphuism | 15 | an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology | - |
| euphuise | 13 | - | - |
| euphobia | 15 | - | - |
| euphonia | 13 | - | - |
| euphonic | 15 | of or relating to or characterized by euphony | - |
| euphotic | 15 | - | - |
| euphrasy | 16 | - | - |
| euphroes | 13 | - | - |
| eutrophy | 16 | - | - |
| esophagi | 14 | - | - |
| exophagy | 24 | - | - |
| galumphs | 16 | - | - |
| gallumph | 16 | - | - |
| furphies | 16 | - | - |
| dolphins | 14 | - | - |
| grapheme | 16 | a written symbol that is used to represent speech | - |
| graphing | 15 | - | - |
| graphium | 16 | - | - |
| grumphed | 17 | - | - |
| grumphie | 16 | - | - |
| gryphons | 17 | - | - |
| gumphion | 16 | - | - |
| harumphs | 18 | - | - |
| harrumph | 18 | - | - |
| haphtara | 16 | - | - |
| hopheads | 17 | - | - |
| hyphemia | 21 | - | - |
| hyphened | 20 | - | - |
| hyphenic | 21 | - | - |
| humphing | 19 | - | - |
| insphere | 13 | - | - |
| ingulphs | 14 | - | - |
| isograph | 14 | - | - |
| isomorph | 15 | - | - |
| isophone | 13 | - | - |
| isophote | 13 | - | - |
| iodophor | 14 | - | - |
| klephtic | 19 | - | - |
| kephalic | 19 | - | - |
| kephalin | 17 | - | - |
| lamphole | 15 | - | - |
| kyphoses | 20 | - | - |
| kyphosis | 20 | an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | - |
| kyphotic | 22 | characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | - |
| geophagy | 18 | eating earth, clay, chalk; occurs in some primitive tribes, sometimes in cases of nutritional deficiency or obsessive behavior | - |
| geophyte | 17 | a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms | - |
| gophered | 15 | - | - |
| lyophile | 16 | - | - |
| lyophobe | 18 | - | - |
| lymphads | 19 | - | - |
| lymphoid | 19 | resembling lymph or lymphatic tissues | - |
| megilphs | 16 | - | - |
| mephitis | 15 | in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae | - |
| mesophyl | 18 | - | - |
| morphean | 15 | - | - |
| morpheme | 17 | minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units | - |
| morphews | 18 | - | - |
| morphias | 15 | - | - |
| mopheads | 16 | - | - |
| murphies | 15 | - | - |
| morphing | 16 | - | - |
| morphins | 15 | - | - |
| nephrons | 13 | - | - |
| nenuphar | 13 | - | - |
| nephrism | 15 | - | - |
| nephrite | 13 | an amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable than from jadeite; once believed to cure kidney disorders | - |
| neomorph | 15 | - | - |
| neophile | 13 | - | - |
| neophobe | 15 | - | - |
| nephroid | 14 | - | - |
| myograph | 19 | - | - |
| myophily | 21 | - | - |
| naphthas | 16 | - | - |
| naphthol | 16 | either of two phenols derived from naphthalene | - |
| naphthyl | 19 | - | - |
| naphtols | 13 | - | - |
| odograph | 15 | - | - |
| oenophil | 13 | - | - |
| nymphish | 21 | - | - |
| nymphaea | 18 | the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies | - |
| nymphean | 18 | - | - |
| nymphets | 18 | - | - |
| ophidian | 14 | limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous | - |
| ophiuran | 13 | - | - |
| ophiuras | 13 | - | - |
| ophiurid | 14 | - | - |
| orphical | 15 | - | - |
| orphisms | 15 | - | - |
| orphreys | 16 | - | - |
| oophoron | 13 | - | - |
| oophytes | 16 | - | - |
| oophytic | 18 | - | - |
| oosphere | 13 | a gamete; used especially of lower plants | - |
| omophagy | 19 | - | - |
| omphalic | 17 | - | - |
| omphalos | 15 | a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | - |
| cephalic | 17 | of or relating to the head | - |
| cephalin | 15 | - | - |
| cepheids | 16 | - | - |
| cephalad | 16 | - | - |
| ciphered | 16 | - | - |
| cipherer | 15 | - | - |
| colophon | 15 | a publisher's emblem printed in a book (usually on the title page) | - |
| coryphee | 18 | - | - |
| coryphes | 18 | - | - |
| cupheads | 16 | - | - |
| daphnias | 14 | - | - |
| daphnids | 15 | - | - |
| cyphered | 19 | - | - |
| dauphins | 14 | - | - |
| digraphs | 15 | - | - |
| diglyphs | 18 | - | - |
| diphones | 14 | - | - |
| diphenyl | 17 | - | - |
| diphasic | 16 | - | - |
| dimorphs | 16 | - | - |
| diaglyph | 18 | glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo) | - |
| diagraph | 15 | - | - |
| diaphone | 14 | a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones | - |
| diaphony | 17 | - | - |
| canephor | 15 | - | - |
| camphors | 17 | - | - |
| camphols | 17 | - | - |
| camphire | 17 | - | - |
| camphane | 17 | - | - |
| camphene | 17 | - | - |
| camphine | 17 | - | - |
