7-letter words containing o, r, n
- porting — Military. the position of a rifle or other weapon when ported.
- portion — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- portman — a group of citizens of a town responsible for administering the affairs of that town
- portnet — the South African Port Authority
- postern — a back door or gate.
- 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.
- pour-on — Pour-on describes a technique in which a medicine is poured onto and absorbed through the skin.
- pouring — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- 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.
- princox — a self-confident young fellow; coxcomb.
- pro-ana — of or relating to the belief that anorexia is a viable lifestyle choice rather than a disorder
- proagon — (in ancient Greek comedy) a disputatious exchange, sometimes of a slapstick nature, between the chorus and the characters, or among the characters themselves, usually following the parodos and preceding the agon.
- proband — a patient who is the initial member of a family to come under study.
- probang — a long, slender, elastic rod with a sponge, ball, or the like, at the end, to be introduced into the esophagus or larynx, as for removing foreign bodies, or for introducing medication.
- probing — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
- procyon — a first-magnitude star in the constellation Canis Minor.
- 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;
- prolong — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
- promine — a substance promoting cell growth
- pronaos — (in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
- 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.
- pronoun — any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- 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).
- propfan — Aeronautics. a turbojet having a turbine-driven propeller that operates completely outside the jet engine.
- propine — to offer as a present.
- propman — a person responsible for securing, handling, and storing the properties used in a theatrical, motion-picture, or television production.
- 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.
- protons — a positively charged elementary particle that is a fundamental constituent of all atomic nuclei. It is the lightest and most stable baryon, having a charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron, a spin of ½, and a mass of 1.673 × 10− 27 kg. Symbol: P.
- provand — food; provisions
- provant — supplied with provisions
- provine — to plant (a vine) in preparation for propagation
- pterion — the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- purloin — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.