6-letter words containing h, e, p
- khoper — a river in S European Russia, flowing S to the Don River. 625 miles (1006 km) long.
- klepht — a Greek or Albanian brigand, exalted in the war of Greek independence as a patriotic robber; guerrilla.
- lepcha — a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
- mcphee — John Angus, born 1931, U.S. writer.
- metaph — metaphor
- morphe — (archaic) alternative spelling of morphew.
- nephew — a son of one's brother or sister.
- nepho- — concerning cloud or clouds
- nephr- — nephro-
- ophite — a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- pakeha — (in New Zealand) a person who is not of Māori ancestry, esp a White person
- peachy — resembling a peach, as in color or appearance.
- peahen — the female peafowl.
- pelham — a bit that is used with two pairs of reins, designed to serve the purpose of a full bridle.
- penche — performed or executed while leaning forward.
- penchi — Benxi.
- penghu — a group of small islands off the coast of SE China, in the Taiwan Strait: controlled by Taiwan. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- penhsi — Benxi.
- perche — a former division of N France.
- perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- pesach — Passover (def 1).
- phaedo — a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato, purporting to describe the death of Socrates, dealing with the immortality of the soul, and setting forth the theory of Ideas.
- phaeic — (of animals) having dusky coloration; less dark than melanic
- phased — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phater — Slang. great; wonderful; terrific.
- phedre — a tragedy (1677) by Racine.
- pheese — a state of edgy or uneasy agitation
- phelps — William Lyon [lahy-uh n] /ˈlaɪ ən/ (Show IPA), 1865–1943, U.S. educator and literary critic.
- phenic — relating to, having the characteristics of, or originating from phenyl
- phenix — phoenix.
- pheno- — showing or manifesting
- phenol — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- phenom — a phenomenon, especially a young prodigy: a twelve-year-old tennis phenom.
- phenyl — containing the phenyl group.
- pherae — (in ancient geography) a town in SE Thessaly: the home of Admetus and Alcestis.
- phiale — a shallow cup resembling a saucer, having a central boss and sometimes set upon a foot, used as a drinking vessel or to pour libations.
- philae — an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.
- phlegm — the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, especially that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold.
- phloem — the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
- phoebe — Classical Mythology. a Titan, daughter of Uranus and Gaea and mother of Leto, later identified with Artemis and with the Roman goddess Diana.
- phoner — a person making a telephone call
- phoney — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phooey — nonsense
- phrase — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- phreak — phone phreak.
- phryne — real name Muesarete. 4th century bc, Greek courtesan; lover of Praxiteles and model for Apelles' painting Aphrodite Rising from the Waves
- phuket — an island near the W coast of Thailand. 294 sq. mi. (761 sq. km).
- physed — physical education
- physes — the principle of growth or change in nature.
- pished — an exclamation of “pish!”.