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9-letter words containing p, a, c, h

  • patriarch — the male head of a family or tribal line.
  • paycheque — a payment for work done
  • peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
  • peckinpahDavid Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
  • pentarchy — a government by five persons.
  • perchance — Literary. perhaps; maybe; possibly.
  • petechiae — a minute, round, nonraised hemorrhage in the skin or in a mucous or serous membrane.
  • petechial — pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by petechiae.
  • phacolite — a colorless variety of chabazite.
  • phacolith — a layer of igneous rock, which has the structure of a lens, and which occurs in an invasive position in sedimentary rock
  • phaeacian — an island nation on the shores of which Odysseus was shipwrecked and discovered by Nausicaä.
  • phagocyte — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
  • phallical — of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
  • pharaonic — (sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.
  • pharisaic — of or relating to the Pharisees.
  • pharmaco- — indicating drugs
  • phenacite — a rare vitreous mineral, beryllium silicate, Be 2 SiO 4 , occurring in crystals, sometimes used as a gem.
  • phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
  • phoenicia — an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.
  • phonecard — calling card (def 3).
  • photocall — a time arranged for photographers, esp press photographers, to take pictures of a celebrity, the cast of a play, etc, usually for publicity purposes
  • photocard — A photocard is a card with a person's photograph on it, which they can use to prove who they are.
  • photoscan — to study the distribution of a radioactive isotope or radiopaque dye in (a body organ or part) through the use of x-rays.
  • phycocyan — a type of blue pigment or protein which is found in some algae
  • phylactic — defending or protecting, especially from disease.
  • phylarchy — a government led by a phylarch
  • physicals — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • physician — a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
  • pickthank — a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
  • pie chart — a graphic representation of quantitative information by means of a circle divided into sectors, in which the relative sizes of the areas (or central angles) of the sectors correspond to the relative sizes or proportions of the quantities.
  • pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
  • pinchbackPinckney Benton Stewart, 1837–1921, U.S. politician.
  • pistachio — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
  • poachable — able to be poached
  • podotheca — the horny integument covering unfeathered portions of the legs and toes of most birds.
  • polemarch — (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
  • polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
  • porchetta — Italian boneless stuffed pork cut from a whole roast pig
  • postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
  • pothecary — apothecary.
  • pracharak — (in India) a person appointed to propagate a cause through personal contact, meetings, public lectures, etc
  • praiseach — a type of porridge made with oatmeal
  • pratchett — Sir Terence (David John), known as Terry. (1948–2015), British writer, noted for his comic fantasy novels in the Discworld series
  • pre-chart — a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
  • preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
  • preachily — in a preachy fashion
  • preaching — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
  • precharge — (storage)   The phase in the access cycle of DRAM during which the storage capacitors are charged to the appropriate value.
  • prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
  • presearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
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