Words With PH In The Middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter PH is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of PH in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how PH in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
4 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| epha | 9 | an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel | - |
5 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| alpha | 10 | early testing stage of a software or hardware product | alpha version |
| sophy | 13 | - | - |
| aphid | 11 | any of various small plant-sucking insects | - |
| umphs | 12 | - | - |
| hyphy | 19 | - | - |
| ouphs | 10 | - | - |
| ouphe | 10 | - | - |
| tophs | 10 | - | - |
| tophi | 10 | - | - |
| tophe | 10 | - | - |
| syphs | 13 | - | - |
| sophs | 10 | - | - |
| raphe | 10 | a ridge that forms a seam between two parts | - |
| qophs | 19 | - | - |
| aphis | 10 | type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables | - |
| caphs | 12 | - | - |
| kaphs | 14 | - | - |
| kophs | 14 | - | - |
| hypha | 16 | any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus | - |
| ephor | 10 | - | - |
| ephod | 11 | - | - |
| ephas | 10 | - | - |
| ephah | 13 | an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel | - |
6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| nephew | 14 | a son of your brother or sister | - |
| orphan | 11 | a child who has lost both parents | - |
| murphy | 16 | an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland | - |
| trophy | 14 | something given as a token of victory | - |
| daphne | 12 | any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers | - |
| sphere | 11 | the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | - |
| uphold | 12 | support against an opponent | - |
| uphill | 11 | sloping upward | - |
| sphinx | 18 | an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret | - |
| cipher | 13 | a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number | - |
| gopher | 12 | any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops | - |
| zephyr | 23 | a slight wind (usually refreshing) | - |
| typhon | 14 | (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx | - |
| typhus | 14 | rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever | - |
| nympho | 16 | a woman with abnormal sexual desires | - |
| siphon | 11 | convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon | - |
| upheld | 12 | - | - |
| hyphen | 17 | divide or connect with a hyphen | hyphenate these words and names |
| cypher | 16 | a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number | - |
| alephs | 11 | - | - |
| alphyl | 14 | - | - |
| alphas | 11 | - | - |
| bumphs | 15 | - | - |
| aphtha | 14 | - | - |
| aphony | 14 | - | - |
| aphids | 12 | - | - |
| graphs | 12 | - | - |
| gulphs | 12 | - | - |
| glyphs | 15 | - | - |
| furphy | 17 | - | - |
| ephors | 11 | - | - |
| ephori | 11 | - | - |
| ephods | 12 | - | - |
| ephebi | 13 | - | - |
| ephebe | 13 | - | - |
| ephahs | 14 | - | - |
| euphon | 11 | - | - |
| delphs | 12 | - | - |
| hyphal | 17 | - | - |
| hyphae | 17 | - | - |
| humphs | 16 | - | - |
| imphee | 13 | - | - |
| ophite | 11 | - | - |
| oomphs | 13 | - | - |
| orphic | 13 | having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | - |
| ouphes | 11 | - | - |
| nymphs | 16 | - | - |
| nympha | 16 | - | - |
| morphs | 13 | - | - |
| morpho | 13 | - | - |
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7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| prophet | 14 | an authoritative person who divines the future | - |
| dolphin | 13 | large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) | - |
| graphic | 15 | evoking lifelike images within the mind | graphic accounts of battle |
| typhoon | 15 | a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans | - |
| asphalt | 12 | a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons | - |
| sulphur | 12 | an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) | - |
| typhoid | 16 | serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water | - |
| camphor | 16 | a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment | - |
| atrophy | 15 | a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse | - |
| seraphs | 12 | - | - |
| aphasia | 12 | inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion | - |
| dauphin | 13 | formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne | - |
| morphia | 14 | an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain | - |
| hophead | 16 | - | - |
| naphtha | 15 | any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents | - |
| aphasic | 14 | someone affected by aphasia or inability to use or understand language | - |
| strophe | 12 | one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama | - |
| gryphon | 16 | winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion | - |
| trophic | 14 | of or relating to nutrition | a trophic level on the food chain |
| sapphic | 16 | of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman | - |
| ciphony | 17 | - | - |
| ciphers | 14 | - | - |
| euphroe | 12 | - | - |
| euphory | 15 | a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | - |
| euphony | 15 | any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds | - |
| euphons | 12 | - | - |
| epheboi | 14 | - | - |
| ephebic | 16 | - | - |
| ephebes | 14 | - | - |
| ephebos | 14 | - | - |
| ephebus | 14 | - | - |
| ephoral | 12 | - | - |
| ephelis | 12 | - | - |
| ephedra | 13 | jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds | - |
| edaphic | 15 | - | - |
| diphone | 13 | - | - |
| diphase | 13 | - | - |
| delphin | 13 | - | - |
| delphic | 15 | of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi | - |
| daphnia | 13 | minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae | - |
| daphnes | 13 | - | - |
| cyphers | 17 | - | - |
| daphnid | 14 | - | - |
| cuphead | 15 | - | - |
| coryphe | 17 | - | - |
| omphali | 14 | - | - |
| orphrey | 15 | a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment | - |
| orphism | 14 | - | - |
| orphans | 12 | - | - |
| ophiura | 12 | - | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| euphoria | 13 | a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | - |
| upheaval | 16 | a violent disturbance | - |
| rephrase | 13 | express the same message in different words | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| graphite | 14 | used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | - |
| sphinxes | 20 | - | - |
| sulphate | 13 | a salt or ester of sulphuric acid | - |
| stephane | 13 | - | - |
| sulphide | 14 | a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive | - |
| emphatic | 17 | spoken with emphasis | an emphatic word |
| oliphant | 13 | - | - |
| 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 | - |
| neophyte | 16 | a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist | - |
| geophone | 14 | - | - |
| anaphase | 13 | the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | - |
| aphorism | 15 | a short pithy instructive saying | - |
| prophase | 15 | the first stage of meiosis | - |
| jatropha | 20 | a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae | - |
| mephitic | 17 | of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution | - |
| ephemera | 15 | something transitory; lasting a day | - |
| porphyry | 21 | any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals | - |
| xeraphin | 20 | - | - |
| whoomphs | 21 | - | - |
| wholphin | 19 | - | - |
| syphonic | 18 | - | - |
| syphonal | 16 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| telephone | 14 | electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds | I talked to him on the telephone |
| orphanage | 15 | a public institution for the care of orphans | - |
| cellphone | 16 | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver | - |
| geography | 19 | study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation | - |
| blasphemy | 21 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | - |
| biography | 20 | an account of the series of events making up a person's life | - |
| sophomore | 16 | used of the second year in United States high school or college | the sophomore class |
| aphrodite | 15 | goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus | - |
| pedophile | 17 | an adult who is sexually attracted to children | - |
| emphasize | 25 | to stress, single out as important | Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet |
| saxophone | 21 | a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore | - |
| diaphragm | 18 | a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix | - |
| sphincter | 16 | a ring of muscle that contracts to close an opening | - |
| euphemism | 18 | an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh | - |
| emphysema | 21 | an abnormal condition of the lungs marked by decreased respiratory function; associated with smoking or chronic bronchitis or old age | - |
| megaphone | 17 | a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice | - |
| ephemeral | 16 | lasting a very short time | the ephemeral joys of childhood |
| blaspheme | 18 | utter obscenities or profanities | - |
| prophetic | 18 | foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention | prophetic writings |
| amphibian | 18 | relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | - |
| esophagus | 15 | the passage between the pharynx and the stomach | - |
| upholding | 16 | - | - |
| biosphere | 16 | the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist | - |
| homophobe | 21 | a person who hates or fears homosexual people | - |
| emphasise | 16 | to stress, single out as important | - |
| triumphal | 16 | joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | a triumphal success |
| symphonic | 21 | harmonious in sound | the symphonic hum of a million insects |
| headphone | 18 | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | - |
| porphyria | 19 | a genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion | - |
| xylophone | 24 | a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets | - |
| cacophony | 21 | a loud harsh or strident noise | - |
| periphery | 19 | the outside boundary or surface of something | - |
| dystrophy | 21 | any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles | - |
| telephoto | 14 | a photograph made with a telephoto lens | - |
| lymphatic | 21 | of or relating to or produced by lymph | - |
| amorphous | 16 | having no definite form or distinct shape | amorphous clouds of insects |
| ephedrine | 15 | white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma | - |
| atrophied | 15 | (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use | partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm |
| spherical | 16 | having the shape of a sphere or ball | a spherical object |
| endorphin | 15 | a neurochemical occurring naturally in the brain and having analgesic properties | - |
| haphazard | 27 | without care; in a slapdash manner | the Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard |
| flophouse | 17 | a cheap lodging house | - |
| hyphenate | 20 | divide or connect with a hyphen | hyphenate these words and names |
| sycophant | 19 | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | - |
| sophistry | 17 | a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone | - |
| zoophilia | 23 | a sexual attraction to animals | - |
| caliphate | 16 | the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community | - |
| sulphuric | 16 | of or relating to or containing sulfur | sulphuric esters |
| telephony | 17 | transmitting speech at a distance | - |
| apocrypha | 21 | 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| atmosphere | 17 | a particular environment or surrounding influence | there was an atmosphere of excitement |
| microphone | 19 | device for converting sound waves into electrical energy | - |
| headphones | 19 | - | - |
| hemisphere | 20 | either half of the cerebrum | - |
| triumphant | 17 | experiencing triumph | - |
| geographic | 19 | determined by geography | the north and south geographic poles |
| telephoned | 16 | - | - |
| peripheral | 17 | electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer | disk drives and printers are important peripherals |
| gramophone | 18 | an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically | - |
| homophobic | 24 | prejudiced against homosexual people | - |
| upholstery | 18 | covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture | - |
| paedophile | 18 | an adult who is sexually attracted to children | - |
| deciphered | 19 | converted from cryptic to intelligible language | - |
| cellophane | 17 | a transparent paperlike product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc. | - |
| apostrophe | 17 | address to an absent or imaginary person | - |
| blasphemer | 19 | a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things | - |
| emphasized | 27 | spoken with emphasis | - |
| topography | 21 | precise detailed study of the surface features of a region | - |
| amphibious | 19 | relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | - |
| typography | 24 | art and technique of printing with movable type | - |
| diphtheria | 19 | acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing | - |
| homophobia | 22 | prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality | - |
| biographer | 18 | someone who writes an account of a person's life | - |
| ionosphere | 15 | the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons | - |
| morphology | 21 | the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms | - |
| xenophobia | 24 | a fear of foreigners or strangers | - |
| tomography | 21 | (medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body | - |
| paraphrase | 17 | express the same message in different words | - |
| sophomoric | 19 | - | - |
| pedophilia | 18 | a sexual attraction to children | - |
| blasphemed | 20 | - | - |
| telephonic | 17 | of or relating to telephony | telephonic connection |
| acrophobia | 19 | a morbid fear of great heights | - |
| asphyxiate | 25 | be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | - |
| drosophila | 16 | small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance | - |
| mesosphere | 17 | the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere | - |
| sulphurous | 15 | characterized by oppressive heat and humidity | - |
| apocryphal | 22 | being of questionable authenticity | - |
| metaphoric | 19 | expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another | a metaphorical expression |
| syphilitic | 20 | a person suffering from syphilis | - |
| xenophobic | 26 | suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign | - |
| cephalopod | 20 | relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda | - |
| esophageal | 16 | relating to the esophagus | - |
| oesophagus | 16 | the passage between the pharynx and the stomach | - |
| graphology | 20 | the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition) | - |
| hydrophone | 22 | - | - |
| hemophilia | 20 | congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | - |
| euphonious | 15 | having a pleasant sound | a euphonious trill of silver laughter |
| metaphysic | 22 | - | - |
| hyphenated | 22 | - | - |
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