8-letter words containing h, p, c
- hospices — Plural form of hospice.
- hot pack — a hot towel, dressing, or the like, applied to the body to reduce swelling, relieve pain, etc.
- hotchpot — the bringing together of shares or properties in order to divide them equally, especially when they are to be divided among the children of a parent dying intestate.
- humpback — a back that is humped in a convex position.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydropic — dropsical.
- hyphenic — relating to a hyphen
- hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hypocist — a type of juice derived from the fruit of a plant which grows from the Cistus shrub
- hypothec — Roman and Civil Law. a mortgage or security held by a creditor on the property of a debtor without possession of it, created either by agreement or by operation of law.
- impleach — to intertwine
- inchtape — a measuring tape marked out in inches
- iphicles — a son of Alcmene and Amphitryon, the brother of Hercules.
- isopachs — Plural form of isopach.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- keypunch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- klephtic — (historical) Relating to the klephts.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- kyphotic — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- linchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- lipchitz — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1891–1973, U.S. sculptor, born in Lithuania.
- log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- lynchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- match up — pair
- match-up — a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
- matchups — Plural form of matchup.
- mephitic — offensive to the smell.
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- muckheap — Dunghill; dung heap.
- nightcap — Informal. an alcoholic drink taken at bedtime or at the end of a festive evening.
- notch up — make score marks to count
- octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.
- outpitch — to exceed in pitching
- outpunch — to punch better than
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- pachalic — pashalik.
- pachinko — a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical machine in which slots struck by the player's ball release other balls that in turn are exchanged for noncash prizes.
- pachmann — Vladimir de [vlad-uh-meer duh;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir de] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər də;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1933, Russian pianist.
- pachouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- pak-choi — bok choy.
- panchaia — an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- pancheon — a wide, shallow bowl, originally used for making bread or separating cream
- parachor — a scientific quantity defined by a formula involving surface tension, mass, and density
- parching — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia