7-letter words containing h, i, s, p
- phisher — to try to obtain financial or other confidential information from Internet users, typically by sending an email that looks as if it is from a legitimate organization, usually a financial institution, but contains a link to a fake website that replicates the real one.
- phlomis — a plant that belongs to the genus Phlomis and family Labiatae or Lamiaceae
- phobist — a person who suffers from an unusual fear or dread of something
- phonics — a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
- phonies — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- photics — the science of light.
- photism — a form of synesthesia in which a visual sensation, as of color or form, is produced by the sense of touch, hearing, etc.
- photius — a.d. c820–891, patriarch of Constantinople 858–867, 877–882.
- phrixus — a child who escaped on the back of a ram with his sister Helle from a plot against them. The fleece of the ram, which he sacrificed, was the Golden Fleece.
- phyllis — a name used in pastoral literature, as the Eclogues of Vergil, for a country girl or sweetheart.
- physics — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- physio- — of or relating to nature or natural functions
- pictish — the language of the Picts, apparently a Celtic language.
- piedish — a shallow dish for baking pies
- pigfish — a grunt, Orthopristis chrysoptera, living in waters off the Atlantic coast of the southern U.S.
- piggish — resembling a pig, especially in being slovenly, greedy, or gluttonous: piggish table manners.
- pigwash — slops used to feed pigs
- pinfish — a small fish, Lagodon rhomboides, of the porgy family, inhabiting bays of the South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
- pinkish — somewhat pink: The sky at sunset has a pinkish glow.
- pishpek — former name (until 1926) of Bishkek.
- planish — to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
- plenish — to fill up; stock; furnish.
- poorish — somewhat poor; rather poor.
- poppish — having musical elements similar to pop music
- preship — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- prudish — excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct, dress, etc.
- psychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- publish — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- puckish — mischievous; impish.
- pupfish — any of several tiny, stout killifishes of the genus Cyprinodon, inhabiting marshy waters in arid areas of western North America: several species are endangered.
- push in — (of a crime) accomplished by waiting until a victim has unlocked or opened the door before making a forced entry.
- push-in — (of a crime) accomplished by waiting until a victim has unlocked or opened the door before making a forced entry.
- pushing — that pushes.
- pushkin — Alexander Sergeevich [al-ig-zan-der sur-gey-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr syir-gye-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1799–1837, Russian poet, short-story writer, and dramatist.
- pushpin — a short pin having a spool-shaped head of plastic, glass, or metal, used for affixing material to a bulletin board, wall, or the like.
- pushpit — a safety rail at the stern of a boat
- pythias — the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who delivered the oracles.
- rompish — given to romping; frolicsome.
- rosehip — hip2 .
- sapphic — pertaining to Sappho or to certain meters or a form of strophe or stanza used by or named after her.
- shaping — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- shapiro — Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- sharpie — sharper.
- shilpit — (of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
- shin up — If you shin up a tree or a pole, you climb it quickly and easily, using your hands and legs to grip it.
- shipboy — ship's boy.
- shipful — the amount a ship can carry or hold
- shiplap — an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.
- shipley — Dame Jenny, full name Jennifer (Mary) Shipley. born 1952, New Zealand National Party politician; prime minister (1997–1999)
- shipman — a sailor.