6-letter words containing p, h
- kaliph — a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- kaypoh — (Singapore) busybody.
- khoper — a river in S European Russia, flowing S to the Don River. 625 miles (1006 km) long.
- kippah — The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.
- klepht — a Greek or Albanian brigand, exalted in the war of Greek independence as a patriotic robber; guerrilla.
- lapith — a member of a people in Thessaly who at the wedding of their king, Pirithoüs, fought the drunken centaurs
- lashup — a hastily made or arranged device, organization, etc.
- lepcha — a member of a people of Sikkim and adjacent areas of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
- lopho- — indicating a crested or tufted part
- lymph- — lympho-
- lymphs — Anatomy, Physiology. a clear yellowish, slightly alkaline, coagulable fluid, containing white blood cells in a liquid resembling blood plasma, that is derived from the tissues of the body and conveyed to the bloodstream by the lymphatic vessels.
- mappah — a body of Ashkenazic-oriented commentaries on the Shulhan Arukh, written by the Polish Talmudic scholar Moses Isserles (c1520–72) and incorporated by him into the code.
- mashup — Music, Slang. a recording that combines vocal and instrumental tracks from two or more recordings.
- mayhap — perhaps.
- mcphee — John Angus, born 1931, U.S. writer.
- metaph — metaphor
- mishap — an unfortunate accident.
- mopish — given to moping; listless, apathetic, or dejected.
- morphe — (archaic) alternative spelling of morphew.
- morpho — any of various large, tropical American butterflies of the genus Morpho, having brilliant blue, iridescent wings with an underside of brown or gray and eyelike spots.
- morphs — Plural form of morph.
- morphy — Paul Charles, 1837–84, U.S. chess player.
- murphy — an Irish or white potato.
- nephew — a son of one's brother or sister.
- nepho- — concerning cloud or clouds
- nephr- — nephro-
- nympha — Anatomy. one of the inner labia of the vulva.
- nympho — A nymphomaniac.
- nymphs — one of a numerous class of lesser deities of mythology, conceived of as beautiful maidens inhabiting the sea, rivers, woods, trees, mountains, meadows, etc., and frequently mentioned as attending a superior deity.
- oompah — a repetitious bass accompaniment in music typically provided by brasses.
- ophite — a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene.
- ophuls — Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), (Max Oppenheimer) 1902–57, German film director, in Germany, France, and the U.S.
- orphan — a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
- orphic — of or relating to Orpheus.
- paccha — an Incan wooden container for holding liquids.
- pachak — the fragrant roots of an Asian plant, used as incense
- pahang — a state in Malaysia, on the SE Malay Peninsula. 13,820 sq. mi. (35,794 sq. km). Capital: Kuantan.
- pahari — one of several hill peoples inhabiting the area in India SW of the Ganges River.
- pakahi — acid land that is unsuitable for cultivation
- pakeha — (in New Zealand) a person who is not of Māori ancestry, esp a White person
- pakihi — an area of swampy infertile land
- palish — somewhat pale.
- pallah — an impala
- paochi — a city in W Shaanxi province, in central China.
- paphos — an ancient city in SW Cyprus.
- papish — a Roman Catholic
- paraph — a flourish made after a signature, as in a document, originally as a precaution against forgery.
- pardah — the seclusion of women from the sight of men or strangers, practiced by some Muslims and Hindus.
- pariah — an outcast.
- parish — an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.