7-letter words containing p, a, e, o
- opaline — of or like opal; opalescent.
- opalize — To convert into a form of opal or chalcedony, especially to convert wood into such a fossilized form.
- opaqued — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- opaques — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opaque.
- opelika — a city in E Alabama.
- operand — a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
- operant — operating; producing effects.
- operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- ophelia — a female given name.
- opiated — Simple past tense and past participle of opiate.
- opiates — Plural form of opiate.
- oropesa — a float used in minesweeping
- orphean — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- outleap — to leap ahead of or over.
- outpace — to surpass or exceed, as in speed, development, or performance: a company that has consistently outpaced the competition in sales.
- overapt — too apt or having an excessive tendency (to)
- overlap — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overpay — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- padrone — a master; boss.
- paesano — an Italian-American man
- pageboy — a hair style in which the hair is rolled under, usually at shoulder-length.
- palaeo- — old, ancient, or prehistoric
- palermo — an island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina: largest island in the Mediterranean. 9924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Capital: Palermo.
- paletot — any of various loose or fitted coats or jackets for men and women, especially a close-fitting jacket worn over a dress by women in the 19th century.
- pallone — an Italian ball game
- palouse — a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- pampero — a cold and dry southwesterly wind that sweeps down over the pampas of Argentina from the Andes.
- pampoen — a pumpkin
- pandore — an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- pannose — having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- panoche — Also, penuche. a coarse grade of sugar made in Mexico.
- pantone — (graphics) A set of standard colours for printing, each of which is specified by a single number. You can buy a Pantone swatch book containing samples of each colour. Some computer graphics software allows colours to be specified as Pantone numbers. Even though a computer monitor can only show an approximation to some of the colours, the software can output a colour separation for each different Pantone colour, enabling a print shop to exactly reproduce the original desired colour.
- papoose — a North American Indian baby or young child.
- pappose — having or forming a pappus.
- parolee — a person who is released from prison on parole.
- pasmore — Victor. 1908–98, British artist. Originally a figurative painter, he devoted himself to abstract paintings and reliefs after 1947
- pastose — having a heavy impasto.
- patmore — Coventry (Kersey Dighton) [kov-uh n-tree kur-zee dahyt-n,, duhv-uh n‐] /ˈkɒv ən tri ˈkɜr zi ˈdaɪt n,, ˈdʌv ən‐/ (Show IPA), 1823–96, English poet and essayist.
- patonce — (of a cross) having limbs which broaden from the centre and are floriated at the end
- peabody — Elizabeth Palmer, 1804–94, U.S. educator and reformer: founded the first kindergarten in the U.S.
- peacoat — pea jacket.
- peacock — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- peafowl — any of several gallinaceous birds of the genera Pavo, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and the East Indies, and Afropavo, of Africa.
- pearson — Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- pechora — a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- pedagog — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pedocal — a soil rich in carbonates, especially those of lime.
- peloria — regularity of structure occurring abnormally in flowers normally irregular.
- pelotas — a city in S Brazil.
- peonage — the condition or service of a peon.