7-letter words containing h, e, p, c
- 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.
- hencoop — a large cage or coop for housing poultry.
- henpeck — to browbeat, bully, or intimidate (one's husband, boyfriend, etc.).
- hepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- hepcats — Plural form of hepcat.
- hospice — a house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers, etc., especially one kept by a religious order.
- hyper-c — A data parallel extension of C from HyperParallel Tech, France, for PVM, CM and Maspar. It is available from Fortunel Systems <[email protected]>, +1 (919) 319 1624. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- impeach — to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
- ketchup — a condiment consisting of puréed tomatoes, onions, vinegar, sugar, spices, etc.
- nephric — renal.
- panache — a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.
- 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.
- patched — repaired with patches; covered with patches
- patchen — Kenneth, 1911–72, U.S. poet and novelist.
- pechora — a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- peckish — somewhat hungry: By noon we were feeling a bit peckish.
- penuche — Also, panocha. Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. a fudgelike candy made of brown sugar, butter, and milk, usually with nuts.
- perched — a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
- percher — a person or thing that perches.
- perches — a former division of N France.
- 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.
- phocaea — an ancient seaport in Asia Minor: northernmost of the Ionian cities; later an important maritime state.
- phocine — of or relating to seals.
- phrenic — Anatomy. of or relating to the diaphragm.
- pilcher — a scabbard for a sword, or a similar outer covering
- pinched — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- pincher — a person or thing that pinches.
- pitched — sound: of a certain pitch
- pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
- 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.
- potiche — a vase or jar, as of porcelain, with a rounded or polygonal body narrowing at the top.
- pouched — having a pouch, as the pelicans, gophers, and marsupials.
- pouches — a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- preachy — tediously or pretentiously didactic.
- proesch — Gilbert. Born 1942, an Italian artist who is noted esp for his photomontages and performance works with George Passmore
- pschent — the double crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings, symbolic of dominion over Upper and Lower Egypt, which had previously been separate kingdoms.
- psyched — psych1 .
- punched — a tool or machine for perforating or stamping materials, driving nails, etc.
- puncher — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punches — the chief male character in a Punch-and-Judy show.
- putcher — a trap for catching salmon
- repatch — to patch again