7-letter words containing p, h, o, r
- orphean — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orpheus — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orphism — the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
- orphrey — an ornamental band or border, especially on an ecclesiastical vestment.
- pechora — a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- pharaoh — a title of an ancient Egyptian king.
- phorate — a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 1 7 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- phorbol — the parent alcohol, C 2 0 H 2 8 O 6 , of certain carcinogenic compounds in croton oil.
- phorcys — a sea god who fathered the Gorgons.
- phoresy — (among insects and arachnids) a nonparasitic relationship in which one species is carried about by another.
- phreno- — mind or brain
- pibroch — (in the Scottish Highlands) a piece of music for the bagpipe, consisting of a series of variations on a basic theme, usually martial in character, but sometimes used as a dirge.
- poacher — a pan having a tight-fitting lid and metal cups for steaming or poaching eggs.
- pochard — an Old World diving duck, Aythya ferina, having a chestnut-red head.
- pochoir — a print made from stencils
- poehler — Amy, born 1971, American comedian, known primarily for her work on NBC's Saturday Night Live and her role as Leslie Knope in the TV series Parks and Recreation.
- poorish — somewhat poor; rather poor.
- potherb — any herb prepared as food by cooking in a pot, as spinach, or added as seasoning in cookery, as thyme.
- pothery — humid; stuffy
- powhiri — a Māori ceremony of welcome, esp to a marae
- preshow — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- proesch — Gilbert. Born 1942, an Italian artist who is noted esp for his photomontages and performance works with George Passmore
- prophet — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- pushrod — a rod in an overhead-valve engine that is part of the linkage used to open and close the valves.
- raploch — a coarse homespun woollen material
- rhodope — a mountain range in SW Bulgaria. Highest peak, Mus Allah, 9595 feet (2925 meters).
- rompish — given to romping; frolicsome.
- rosehip — hip2 .
- rudolph — 1218–91, king of Germany and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1273–91: founder of the Hapsburg dynasty.
- sephora — Zipporah.
- shapiro — Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- shophar — shofar.
- shopper — a person who shops.
- strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left.
- toparch — the ruler of a small state or realm
- trophic — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- tropho- — indicating nourishment or nutrition
- uphoard — to hoard or hoard up
- uphoord — to heap up; to hoard
- upthrow — an upheaval, as of the earth's surface.
- whooper — a person or thing that whoops.
- whopper — WarGames
- worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.