8-letter words containing h, e, a, p
- pierhead — the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
- pillhead — a person who habitually takes pills, especially amphetamines or barbiturates.
- pisshead — a drunkard
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- planchet — a flat piece of metal for stamping as a coin; a coin blank.
- pleached — having interlaced stems or boughs
- pleather — a synthetic leather
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
- preacher — a person whose occupation or function it is to preach the gospel.
- precrash — of or pertaining to the period before a crash, esp of a motor vehicle; coming into effect or being deployed prior to a crash
- predeath — occurring before or in the lead-up to death; of or pertaining to the period immediately prior to death
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- preshape — to shape beforehand so as to be ready for use
- preshave — a liquid preparation, usually containing alcohol, for applying to the face to dry the skin and beard before shaving with an electric razor.
- prophage — a stable, inherited form of bacteriophage in which the genetic material of the virus is integrated into, replicated, and expressed with the genetic material of the bacterial host.
- prophase — Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pyorrhea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- ramphele — Mamphela. born 1947, Black South African political activist: partner of Steve Biko; a director of the World Bank (2000–04); founded the political party Agang (2013)
- rathripe — mature or ripe ahead of time
- reaphook — a sickle
- rephrase — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- reshaper — a person or thing that reshapes
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- sandheap — a heap of sand
- sapphire — any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- sea whip — a gorgonian coral that forms a flexible colony resembling shrubbery on the ocean floor.
- seaperch — surfperch.
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shake up — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-up — a thorough change in a business, department, or the like, as by dismissals, demotions, etc.
- shape up — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- shape-up — an act or instance of shaping up.
- shape_vc — A code management system which offers version control functionality similar to systems like RCS or SCCS with some extensions and a more Unix-like command interface.
- shar pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- shar-pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- sharpest — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- sheepman — a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.
- sheppard — Jack. 1702–24, English criminal, whose daring escapes from prison were celebrated in many contemporary ballads and plays
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shrapnel — Military. a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. such projectiles collectively.