7-letter words containing o, r, n
- overran — simple past tense of overrun.
- overrun — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- padrino — a godfather.
- padrone — a master; boss.
- padroni — a master; boss.
- pandora — Classical Mythology. the first woman, created by Hephaestus, endowed by the gods with all the graces and treacherously presented to Epimetheus along with a box (originally a jar) in which Prometheus had confined all the evils that could trouble humanity. As the gods had anticipated, Pandora gave in to her curiosity and opened the box, allowing the evils to escape, thereby frustrating the efforts of Prometheus. In some versions, the box contained blessings, all of which escaped but hope.
- pandore — an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- pandour — History/Historical. a member of a local militia in Croatia, formed as a regiment in the Austrian army in the 18th century and noted for its ruthlessness and cruelty.
- pandrop — a hard mint-flavoured sweet
- paragon — a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence: a paragon of virtue. Synonyms: ideal, standard, epitome, quintessence; example, exemplar, paradigm.
- parison — a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- paronym — a paronymous word.
- parsons — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- patroon — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- pearson — Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- penrose — Sir Roger. born 1931, British mathematician and theoretical physicist, noted for his investigation of black holes
- 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
- phreno- — mind or brain
- pibgorn — an ancient wind instrument of Wales resembling the hornpipe.
- pignora — property held as security for a debt.
- pilcorn — a type of oat (Avena nuda) with an edible seed that can be husked easily
- pinwork — (in the embroidery of needlepoint lace) crescent-shaped stitches raised from the surface of the design.
- pinworm — a small nematode worm, Enterobius vermicularis, infesting the intestine and migrating to the rectum and anus, especially in children.
- 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.
- 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
- poinder — a person who protects and cares for hedges, woods, etc
- pointer — a person or thing that points.
- polaron — a kind of electron
- pommern — German name of Pomerania.
- poniard — a small, slender dagger.
- popcorn — any of several varieties of corn whose kernels burst open and puff out when subjected to dry heat.
- poperin — a kind of pear
- porangi — crazy; mad
- porcine — of or relating to swine.
- porcino — Usually, porcini. cep.
- 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.