7-letter words containing o, p, e, n
- pontage — a tax paid for the maintenance of a bridge
- pontile — a metal bar used in glass-making
- pontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- poperin — a kind of pear
- porcine — of or relating to swine.
- pornier — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- 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
- portend — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
- portent — an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- portnet — the South African Port Authority
- posaune — an organ reed with a tone resembling a trombone
- posteen — an Afghan jacket made of leather and with a wool lining
- postern — a back door or gate.
- postnet — an official postal service in South Africa
- potence — potency.
- potency — the state or quality of being potent.
- potents — a fur having a pattern of T -shaped forms, placed in alternate directions and having alternating tinctures, one metal and one color, so that all forms of one tincture face the same way and are between, above, and below forms of the other tincture facing the other way.
- potenza — a city in Basilicata, in S Italy.
- potheen — poteen.
- potline — a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- poulenc — Francis [frahn-sees] /frɑ̃ˈsis/ (Show IPA), 1899–1963, French composer and pianist.
- pouncet — box with a perforated top used for perfume
- pounded — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- pounder — a person or thing having or associated with a weight or value of a pound or a specified number of pounds (often used in combination): He caught only one fish, but it was an eight-pounder.
- poutine — a dish of chipped potatoes topped with curd cheese and a tomato-based sauce
- preborn — not yet born
- prenoon — of the period before noon
- prenote — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- prepone — to reschedule to an earlier day or time: Our Wednesday meeting has been preponed to Tuesday afternoon at 3:00.
- presong — of the period before a song is sung
- preston — a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- preworn — (of clothing) previously owned and worn; secondhand.
- prey on — an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- profane — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- progeny — a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal.
- proline — an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- promine — a substance promoting cell growth
- 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.
- proneur — a flatterer
- pronged — having prongs (often used in combination): a four-pronged fork.
- pronuke — pronuclear1 .
- 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.
- propend — to incline or tend.
- propene — propylene (def 2).
- propine — to offer as a present.
- propone — to suggest for consideration; propose.
- protean — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- protein — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protend — to stretch forth.
- provine — to plant (a vine) in preparation for propagation