6-letter words containing o, p, e
- pepino — a rounded, cone-shaped hill in a karstic area.
- peplos — a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece.
- pequot — a member of a powerful tribe of Algonquian-speaking Indians of Connecticut that was essentially destroyed in the Pequot War.
- 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.
- pernod — an aniseed-flavoured apéritif from France
- pernor — a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- perovo — a former city in the W Russian Federation, incorporated into Moscow.
- peroxy — containing the peroxy group.
- perron — an outside platform upon which the entrance door of a building opens, with steps leading to it.
- perrot — Nicolas [nik-uh-luh s;; French nee-kaw-lah] /ˈnɪk ə ləs;; French ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1644–1717, North American fur trader and explorer in the Great Lakes region, born in France.
- person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- pesaro — a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- pessoa — Fernando. 1888–1935, Portuguese poet, who ascribed much of his work to three imaginary poets, Alvaro de Campos, Alberto Caeiro, and Ricardo Reis
- petofi — Sándor [shahn-dawr] /ˈʃɑn dɔr/ (Show IPA), (Sándor Petrovics) 1823–49, Hungarian poet and patriot.
- petro- — indicating stone or rock
- petrol — British. gasoline.
- peyote — hallucinogen
- phaedo — a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato, purporting to describe the death of Socrates, dealing with the immortality of the soul, and setting forth the theory of Ideas.
- pheno- — showing or manifesting
- phenol — Also called carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, oxybenzene, phenylic acid. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous mass, C 6 H 5 OH, obtained from coal tar, or a hydroxyl derivative of benzene: used chiefly as a disinfectant, as an antiseptic, and in organic synthesis.
- phenom — a phenomenon, especially a young prodigy: a twelve-year-old tennis phenom.
- phloem — the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
- phoebe — Classical Mythology. a Titan, daughter of Uranus and Gaea and mother of Leto, later identified with Artemis and with the Roman goddess Diana.
- phoner — a person making a telephone call
- phoney — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- phooey — nonsense
- picote — ornamented or embroidered with picots
- piezo- — pressure
- pigeon — (not in technical use) pidgin; pidgin English.
- pilose — covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- pinero — Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pinole — a town in W California.
- piolet — an ice ax used in mountaineering.
- pioned — abounding in wild flowers
- pioted — pied
- pleio- — pleo-
- plexor — Medicine/Medical. a small hammer with a soft rubber head or the like, used in percussion for diagnostic purposes.
- plodge — to wade in water, esp the sea
- plomer — William (Charles Franklyn). 1903–73, British poet, novelist, and short-story writer, born in South Africa. His novels include Turbott Wolfe (1926) and The Case is Altered (1932)
- plonge — to clean (drains) by action of the tide
- plover — any of various shorebirds of the family Charadriidae. Compare dotterel (def 1), killdeer, lapwing.
- plowed — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- ployed — a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- pocked — marked with pustules or with pits left by them; pitted.
- pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- podded — a somewhat elongated, two-valved seed vessel, as that of the pea or bean.
- poddie — a user of or enthusiast for the iPod, a portable digital music player
- poddle — to move or travel in a leisurely manner; amble
- podite — an arthropod limb.