6-letter words containing p, h, i
- kaliph — a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- kippah — The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.
- lapith — a member of a people in Thessaly who at the wedding of their king, Pirithoüs, fought the drunken centaurs
- mishap — an unfortunate accident.
- mopish — given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- ophite — a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- orphic — of or relating to Orpheus.
- pahari — one of several hill peoples inhabiting the area in India SW of the Ganges River.
- pakahi — acid land that is unsuitable for cultivation
- pakihi — an area of swampy infertile land
- palish — somewhat pale.
- paochi — a city in W Shaanxi province, in central China.
- papish — a Roman Catholic
- pariah — an outcast.
- parish — an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- pathic — a catamite
- penchi — Benxi.
- penhsi — Benxi.
- perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- phaeic — (of animals) having dusky coloration; less dark than melanic
- phalli — an image of the male reproductive organ, especially that carried in procession in ancient festivals of Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbolizing the generative power in nature.
- phasic — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phasis — a manner, stage, or aspect of being; phase.
- phatic — denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information: phatic communion.
- phenic — relating to, having the characteristics of, or originating from phenyl
- phenix — phoenix.
- 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.
- phibbi — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- philae — an island in the Nile, in Upper Egypt: the site of ancient temples; now submerged by the waters of Lake Nasser.
- philby — Harold Adrian Russell ("Kim") 1912–1998, British double agent: defected to U.S.S.R. 1963.
- philip — 1293–1350, king of France 1328–50: first ruler of the house of Valois.
- philly — Philadelphia (used as a nickname).
- philo- — indicating a love of
- phobia — a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.
- phobic — of or relating to a phobia or phobias.
- phocis — an ancient district in central Greece, N of the Gulf of Corinth: site of Delphic oracle.
- phonic — of or relating to speech sounds.
- photic — of or relating to light.
- physic — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- physio — physical therapy
- physis — the principle of growth or change in nature.
- phytin — a salt containing calcium and magnesium that is derived from plants and used as a dietary supplement
- pisgah — Mount, a mountain ridge of ancient Moab, now in Jordan, NE of the Dead Sea: from its summit (Mt. Nebo) Moses viewed the Promised Land. Deut. 34:1.
- pished — an exclamation of “pish!”.
- pisher — a young boy or person who still has little experience
- pitchy — full of or abounding in pitch.
- pithoi — a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- pithom — one of the two cities built by Israelite slaves in Egypt. Ex. 1:11.
- pithos — a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
- plight — Archaic. pledge.