7-letter words containing e, s, o, p
- maspero — Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- metopes — Plural form of metope.
- mopokes — Plural form of mopoke.
- moppets — Plural form of moppet.
- nephros — (anatomy) A kidney-like organ.
- nopales — (plurale tantum) The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
- oedipus — a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.
- on spec — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- oosperm — a fertilized ovum; zygote
- oospore — a fertilized egg within an oogonium.
- opaques — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opaque.
- openbsd — (operating system) A version of BSD Unix with an emphasis on security. A lot of security work that is ported to other free operating systems originates with OpenBSD and a lot of code review is done here. Sub-projects of OpenBSD include implementations of SSH, ntpd, and CVS, to be called OpenCVS.
- openers — a person or thing that opens.
- openest — (archaic) Second-person singular present simple form of 'open'.
- openvms — Virtual Memory System
- operons — Plural form of operon.
- operose — industrious, as a person.
- opiates — Plural form of opiate.
- opposed — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- opposer — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- opposes — Disapprove of and attempt to prevent, esp. by argument.
- oppress — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- opuscle — Obsolete form of opuscule.
- oropesa — a float used in minesweeping
- 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.
- orpines — Plural form of orpine.
- ospreys — Plural form of osprey.
- outsped — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- outstep — Exceed.
- oversup — to eat or drink too much
- paesano — an Italian-American man
- palouse — a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- pannose — having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- papoose — a North American Indian baby or young child.
- pappose — having or forming a pappus.
- pasmore — Victor. 1908–98, British artist. Originally a figurative painter, he devoted himself to abstract paintings and reliefs after 1947
- pastose — having a heavy impasto.
- pearson — Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- pectose — protopectin.
- pectous — of, relating to, or consisting of pectin or protopectin.
- pelorus — a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- pelotas — a city in S Brazil.
- peneios — Modern Greek name of Salambria.
- penrose — Sir Roger. born 1931, British mathematician and theoretical physicist, noted for his investigation of black holes
- pension — a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.: a retirement pension.
- pentose — a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 1 0 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- peoples — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
- perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- person- — person (of either sex)
- persona — a person.