6-letter words containing p, i
- 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
- pi-dog — an ownerless half-wild dog of uncertain breeding, common in the villages and towns of India and other countries in east and south Asia.
- piaffe — Also, piaffer. a cadenced trot executed on one spot, with a well-elevated leg action.
- piaget — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1896–1980, Swiss psychologist: studied cognitive development of children.
- pianic — yaws.
- piazza — an open square or public place in a city or town, especially in Italy.
- piazzi — Giuseppe, 1746–1826, Italian astronomer.
- picara — a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
- picard — Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- picaro — a rogue or vagabond.
- picene — a type of hydrocarbon found in the residue that is obtained in peat tar and petroleum distillation
- picine — of or relating to woodpeckers or the Piciformes
- pickax — a pick, especially a mattock.
- picked — having or coming to a sharp point; peaked; pointed.
- picker — someone or something that picks.
- picket — a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- pickin — a small child
- pickle — a single grain or kernel, as of barley or corn.
- pickup — an improvement, as in health, business conditions, work, production, etc.
- picnic — PEBCAK
- picong — any teasing or satirical banter, originally a verbal duel in song
- picote — ornamented or embroidered with picots
- picric — of or derived from picric acid.
- picro- — bitter
- pictex — A version of TeX for pictures.
- pictor — a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Dorado and Carina
- piddle — to spend time in a wasteful, trifling, or ineffective way; dawdle (often followed by around): He wasted the day piddling around.
- piddly — piddle verb intransitive
- pidgin — an auxiliary language that has come into existence through the attempts by the speakers of two different languages to communicate and that is primarily a simplified form of one of the languages, with a reduced vocabulary and grammatical structure and considerable variation in pronunciation.
- piecen — to join (broken threads) together
- piecer — a person whose occupation is the joining together of pieces or threads, as in textile work.