7-letter words containing o, p, e
- petiole — Botany. the slender stalk by which a leaf is attached to the stem; leafstalk.
- petitor — a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- petrog. — petrography
- petrous — denoting the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- 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
- phlebo- — indicating a vein
- phocaea — an ancient seaport in Asia Minor: northernmost of the Ionian cities; later an important maritime state.
- phocine — of or relating to seals.
- phoebus — Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
- 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.
- phorate — a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 1 7 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- phoresy — (among insects and arachnids) a nonparasitic relationship in which one species is carried about by another.
- phreno- — mind or brain
- piceous — of, relating to, or resembling pitch.
- picotee — a variety of carnation, tulip, etc., having an outer margin of another color.
- pidgeon — Walter, 1898–1984, U.S. actor, born in Canada.
- piefort — piedfort.
- pierogi — a small dough envelope filled with mashed potato, meat, cheese, or vegetables, crimped to seal the edge and then boiled or fried, typically served with sour cream or onions.
- pierrot — a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- piffero — a type of small rustic oboe from Italy
- pile on — heap
- pileous — hairy or furry.
- piloted — a person duly qualified to steer ships into or out of a harbor or through certain difficult waters.
- 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.
- pirogue — piragua (def 1).
- pistole — a former gold coin of Spain, equal to two escudos.
- piteous — evoking or deserving pity; pathetic: piteous cries for help.
- pivoted — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- pivoter — someone who pivots
- placebo — Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology. a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine. a substance having no pharmacological effect but administered as a control in testing experimentally or clinically the efficacy of a biologically active preparation.
- placode — a local thickening of the endoderm in the embryo, that usually constitutes the primordium of a specific structure or organ.
- pledgor — a person who deposits personal property as a pledge.
- plenipo — a plenipotentiary diplomat
- pleonal — relating to the abdomen of a crustacean
- pleopod — a swimmeret.
- plerion — a filled-centre supernova remnant in which radiation is emitted by the centre as well as the shell
- pleroma — the state of total fullness or abundance, relating particularly to the nature of God
- plerome — the central column in a growing stem or root
- plessor — plexor.