7-letter words containing o, p, e, n
- 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.
- pentito — a person involved in organized crime who offers information to the police in return for immunity from prosecution
- pentode — a vacuum tube having five electrodes, usually a plate, three grids, and a cathode, within the same envelope.
- pentose — a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 1 0 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.
- peonage — the condition or service of a peon.
- peptone — any of a class of diffusible, soluble substances into which proteins are converted by partial hydrolysis.
- pereion — (in a crustacean) the thorax.
- pericon — Argentinian dance
- perigon — an angle of 360°.
- peronei — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- person- — person (of either sex)
- persona — a person.
- persons — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- persson — Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- perv on — to make unwanted sexual advances towards
- 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.
- phenoxy — containing the monovalent radical C6H5O, derived from phenol
- phocine — of or relating to seals.
- phoenix — a state in SW United States. 113,909 sq. mi. (295,025 sq. km). Capital: Phoenix. Abbreviation: AZ (for use with zip code), Ariz.
- phonate — to articulate speech sounds, esp to cause the vocal cords to vibrate in the execution of a voiced speech sound
- phoneme — any of a small set of units, usually about 20 to 60 in number, and different for each language, considered to be the basic distinctive units of speech sound by which morphemes, words, and sentences are represented. They are arrived at for any given language by determining which differences in sound function to indicate a difference in meaning, so that in English the difference in sound and meaning between pit and bit is taken to indicate the existence of different labial phonemes, while the difference in sound between the unaspirated p of spun and the aspirated p of pun, since it is never the only distinguishing feature between two different words, is not taken as ground for setting up two different p phonemes in English. Compare distinctive feature (def 1).
- phonied — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phonies — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phreno- — mind or brain
- pidgeon — Walter, 1898–1984, U.S. actor, born in Canada.
- pile on — heap
- pimento — pimiento.
- pinbone — the hipbone, especially in a four-footed animal.
- pinhole — a small hole made by or as by a pin.
- pinnoed — held or bound by the arms
- pinocle — a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck.
- pioneer — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- pirogen — (used with a plural verb) Jewish Cookery. small baked pastries filled with chopped chicken livers, onion, etc.
- plenipo — a plenipotentiary diplomat
- pleonal — relating to the abdomen of a crustacean
- plerion — a filled-centre supernova remnant in which radiation is emitted by the centre as well as the shell
- pleuron — the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- plonker — idiot, foolish person
- pneumo- — of or related to a lung or the lungs; respiratory
- poinder — a person who protects and cares for hedges, woods, etc
- pointed — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- pointel — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pointer — a person or thing that points.
- polenta — (especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- pollent — strong
- polyene — a hydrocarbon containing two or more double bonds, often conjugated.
- pommern — German name of Pomerania.
- ponceau — a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
- pondage — the water held in a reservoir