7-letter words containing o, n, a, e
- pantone — (graphics) A set of standard colours for printing, each of which is specified by a single number. You can buy a Pantone swatch book containing samples of each colour. Some computer graphics software allows colours to be specified as Pantone numbers. Even though a computer monitor can only show an approximation to some of the colours, the software can output a colour separation for each different Pantone colour, enabling a print shop to exactly reproduce the original desired colour.
- patonce — (of a cross) having limbs which broaden from the centre and are floriated at the end
- pearson — Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- peonage — the condition or service of a peon.
- persona — a person.
- phaeton — any of various light, four-wheeled carriages, with or without a top, having one or two seats facing forward, used in the 19th century.
- phonate — to articulate speech sounds, esp to cause the vocal cords to vibrate in the execution of a voiced speech sound
- pleonal — relating to the abdomen of a crustacean
- polenta — (especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- ponceau — a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
- pondage — the water held in a reservoir
- pontage — a tax paid for the maintenance of a bridge
- porsena — Lars (lɑːz). 6th century bc, a legendary Etruscan king, alleged to have besieged Rome in a vain attempt to reinstate Tarquinius Superbus on the throne
- posaune — an organ reed with a tone resembling a trombone
- potenza — a city in Basilicata, in S Italy.
- profane — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- pronate — to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.
- propane — a colorless, flammable gas, C 3 H 8 , of the alkane series, occurring in petroleum and natural gas: used chiefly as a fuel and in organic synthesis.
- protean — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- ransome — Arthur. 1884–1967, English writer, best known for his books for children, including Swallows and Amazons (1930) and Great Northern? (1947)
- readorn — to adorn (an object, place, person, etc) again
- reardon — Ray. born 1932, Welsh snooker player: world champion 1970, 1973–76, 1978
- reboant — resounding or reverberating loudly.
- repoman — man employed to repossess goods in cases of non-payment
- reynosa — a city in N Tamaulipas, in E Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- roanoke — a city in SW Virginia.
- romaine — Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- romance — Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character.
- romanes — Romany; the language of the Gypsies
- romneya — a bushy type of poppy
- rondeau — Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- rosanne — a female given name.
- roxanne — a female given name.
- salerno — a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- santero — a priest of Santería.
- seasons — an oratorio (1801) by Franz Joseph Haydn.
- seconal — secobarbital
- senator — a member of a senate.
- senhora — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- senopia — the improvement of near-sight often accompanying old age due to nuclear sclerosis
- serrano — a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- smeaton — John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- sokeman — a tenant holding land in socage.
- sonance — the condition or quality of being sonant.
- sondage — a deep trial trench for inspecting stratigraphy
- soutane — a cassock.
- soybean — a bushy Old World plant, Glycine max, of the legume family, grown in the U.S., chiefly for forage and soil improvement.
- spokane — a city in E Washington.
- take on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- taloned — a claw, especially of a bird of prey.