6-letter words containing i, p, o
- optics — the eye.
- optima — the best or most favorable point, degree, amount, etc., as of temperature, light, and moisture for the growth or reproduction of an organism.
- optime — (formerly at Cambridge University, England) a student taking second or third honors in the mathematical tripos. Compare wrangler (def 2).
- opting — to make a choice; choose (usually followed by for).
- option — command line option
- orphic — of or relating to Orpheus.
- orpine — a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- oupire — A vampire.
- pacino — Al, full name Alfredo James Pacino. born 1940, US film actor; his films include The Godfather (1972), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Scent of a Woman (1992), for which he won an Oscar, and Insomnia (2002)
- panino — Usually, panini. a traditional, small Italian sandwich filled with meat, cheese, grilled vegetables, etc., and usually toasted.
- paochi — a city in W Shaanxi province, in central China.
- patois — a regional form of a language, especially of French, differing from the standard, literary form of the language.
- pavior — a person that paves; paver.
- pedion — a crystal form having only a single face, without a symmetrical equivalent: unique to the triclinic system.
- pelion — Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- peloid — mud used therapeutically.
- peoria — a city in central Illinois, on the Illinois River.
- pepino — a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- period — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- pernio — chilblain.
- petofi — Sándor [shahn-dawr] /ˈʃɑn dɔr/ (Show IPA), (Sándor Petrovics) 1823–49, Hungarian poet and patriot.
- 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.
- physio — physical therapy
- 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.
- picaro — a rogue or vagabond.
- picong — any teasing or satirical banter, originally a verbal duel in song
- picote — ornamented or embroidered with picots
- picro- — bitter
- pictor — a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Dorado and Carina
- piezo- — pressure
- pigeon — (not in technical use) pidgin; pidgin English.
- pignon — the edible seed of the cones of certain pines, as the nut pine, Pinus pinea, of southern Europe.
- pigout — a meal eaten in excess or large amounts
- pillow — a bag or case made of cloth that is filled with feathers, down, or other soft material, and is used to cushion the head during sleep or rest.
- pilons — something extra; lagniappe.
- pilose — covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- piloti — a column of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete supporting a building above an open ground level.
- pilous — pilose.
- pimola — an olive stuffed with red sweet pepper; stuffed olive.
- pin on — attach by pin
- pinbol — (language, games) A decision table language for controlling pinball machines used at Atari. PINBOL included a multitasking executive and an interpreter that worked on data structures compiled from condition:action lists.
- pinero — Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinion — the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges.
- piniós — river in Thessaly, E Greece, flowing eastward to the Gulf of Salonika: 125 mi (201 km)
- pinole — a town in W California.