7-letter words containing c, h, a, p
- cheaply — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- chiapas — a state of S Mexico: mountainous and forested; Maya ruins in the northeast; rich mineral resources. Capital: Tuxtla Gutiérrez. Pop: 3 920 515 (2000). Area: 73 887 sq km (28 816 sq miles)
- chuppah — the canopy under which a marriage is performed
- chutzpa — unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
- copehan — Wintun.
- cuphead — a hemispherical bolt-head
- duchamp — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1887–1968, French painter, in U.S. after 1915 (brother of Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Jacques Villon).
- echappe — a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps from the fifth position and lands on the toes or the balls of the feet in the second position.
- edaphic — related to or caused by particular soil conditions, as of texture or drainage, rather than by physiographic or climatic factors.
- eparchs — Plural form of eparch.
- eparchy — A province of the Orthodox Church.
- epochal — Forming or characterizing an epoch; epoch-making.
- graphic — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- hack up — (jargon) To hack, but generally implies that the result is a quick hack. Contrast this with hack on. To "hack up on" implies a quick-and-dirty modification to an existing system. Contrast hacked up; compare kluge up, monkey up, cruft together.
- haircap — any moss of the genus Polytrichum
- haptics — Usually, haptics. Digital Technology. a vibration or other tactile sensation received from a computer or electronic device: You can save power by adjusting the haptics and brightness of your phone. an input or output device that senses the body's movements by means of physical contact with the user: joysticks and other haptics.
- hepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- hepcats — Plural form of hepcat.
- hopsack — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hot cap — a plastic or paper bag or small tentlike structure placed over plants in early spring to protect them from frost.
- hubcaps — Plural form of hubcap.
- impeach — to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
- isopach — a line drawn on a map connecting all points of equal thickness of a particular geologic formation.
- matchup — a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
- pa chin — (Li Fei-kan) Ba Jin.
- pachisi — a board game, originated in ancient India, in which four players advance four pieces each along a route on a cross-shaped board toward a center square by throws of cowrie shells or dice.
- pachuca — a teenage girl who associates closely with pachucos.
- pachuco — (especially among Mexican-Americans) a teenage youth who belongs to a street gang known for its flamboyant style.
- paducah — a city in W Kentucky, at the junction of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers.
- panache — a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.
- panchax — any of a variety of colorful tropical Old World fishes of the genus Aplocheilus and related genera: popular in home aquariums.
- panocha — Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- panoche — Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- parched — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- paschal — of or relating to Easter.
- patched — repaired with patches; covered with patches
- patchen — Kenneth, 1911–72, U.S. poet and novelist.
- paunchy — having a large and protruding belly; potbellied: a paunchy middle-aged man.
- pechora — a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- perchta — the goddess of death and of fertility: sometimes identified with Holle.
- 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
- phallic — of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
- phocaea — an ancient seaport in Asia Minor: northernmost of the Ionian cities; later an important maritime state.
- picacho — a pointed solitary mountain or peak
- planche — a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- poached — to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
- poacher — a pan having a tight-fitting lid and metal cups for steaming or poaching eggs.
- poaches — to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
- pochard — an Old World diving duck, Aythya ferina, having a chestnut-red head.