7-letter words containing a, c, p, o
- parotic — situated about or near the ear.
- parrock — a small field or enclosure; a pen
- patonce — (of a cross) having limbs which broaden from the centre and are floriated at the end
- patrico — a fraudulent priest
- peacoat — pea jacket.
- peacock — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- pechora — a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- pedocal — a soil rich in carbonates, especially those of lime.
- phacoid — having a form or structure like that of a lens
- phocaea — an ancient seaport in Asia Minor: northernmost of the Ionian cities; later an important maritime state.
- picacho — a pointed solitary mountain or peak
- picador — one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
- picasso — Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1973, Spanish painter and sculptor in France.
- placebo — Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology. a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine. a substance having no pharmacological effect but administered as a control in testing experimentally or clinically the efficacy of a biologically active preparation.
- placode — a local thickening of the endoderm in the embryo, that usually constitutes the primordium of a specific structure or organ.
- placoid — platelike, as the scales or dermal investments of sharks.
- poached — to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
- poacher — a pan having a tight-fitting lid and metal cups for steaming or poaching eggs.
- poaches — to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
- pochard — an Old World diving duck, Aythya ferina, having a chestnut-red head.
- podalic — pertaining to the feet.
- podcast — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- polacre — a three-masted sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean
- polecat — a European mammal, Mustela putorius, of the weasel family, having a blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed. Compare ferret1 (def 1).
- pollack — a food fish, Pollachius pollachius, of the cod family, inhabiting coastal North Atlantic waters from Scandinavia to northern Africa.
- polyact — (of a sea creature) having many tentacles or limb-like protrusions
- ponceau — a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
- pontiac — c1720–69, North American Indian, chief of the Ottawa tribe: commander during the Pontiac War 1763–64.
- popinac — huisache.
- potamic — of or relating to rivers.
- potomac — a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
- precoat — A precoat is a coating which is put on a filter to test the performance of the filter.
- procarp — (in red algae) a carpogonium with its associated cells.
- proctal — relating to the rectum
- proface — much good may it do you!
- prosaic — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- raploch — a coarse homespun woollen material
- rootcap — the loose mass of epidermal cells covering the apex of most roots, serving to protect the meristematic cells behind it.
- scallop — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scapose — having scapes; consisting of a scape.
- scopate — pollen brush.
- scopula — a dense tuft of hairs, as on the feet of certain spiders.
- shoepac — a heavy, laced, waterproof boot.
- snowcap — a layer of snow forming a cap on or covering the top of something, as a mountain peak or ridge.
- tampico — a seaport in SE Tamaulipas, in E Mexico.
- tapioca — a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
- top cat — the most powerful or important person
- toparch — the ruler of a small state or realm
- topcoat — a lightweight overcoat.
- topical — pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest: a topical reference.