7-letter words containing p, a, n
- pennant — a long, tapering flag or burgee of distinctive form and special significance, borne on naval or other vessels and used in signaling or for identification.
- pennate — winged; feathered.
- pentact — a sponge spicule with five rays
- pentane — a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
- penzias — Arno Allan, born 1933, U.S. astrophysicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize in physics 1978.
- peonage — the condition or service of a peon.
- per an. — per annum
- perinea — the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.
- perlman — Itzhak [ee-tsahk,, it-zahk] /ˈi tsɑk,, ˈɪt zɑk/ (Show IPA), born 1945, U.S. violinist, born in Israel.
- permian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era occurring from about 280 to 230 million years ago and characterized by a profusion of amphibian species.
- persant — sharp or stabbing
- persian — of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
- persona — a person.
- pertain — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- pesante — in a forceful or weighty manner
- peteman — peterman.
- petunia — flowering plant
- phaenna — one of the Graces worshiped at Sparta.
- 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.
- phalanx — (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping.
- phallin — an element that is found in the death cap toadstool that was originally suspected as being the poisonous essence of the fungus
- phantom — an apparition or specter.
- pharynx — the tube or cavity, with its surrounding membrane and muscles, that connects the mouth and nasal passages with the esophagus.
- phasing — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phenate — a phenic acid salt
- phidian — of, associated with, or following the style of Phidias, as exemplified in the Parthenon.
- phineas — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “serpent's mouth or oracle.”.
- phonate — to articulate speech sounds, esp to cause the vocal cords to vibrate in the execution of a voiced speech sound
- phytane — a hydrocarbon found in some fossilized plant remains
- pianino — a small upright piano
- pianism — the artistry and technique of a pianist.
- pianist — a person who plays the piano, especially one who performs expertly or professionally.
- pianola — (lowercase) Bridge. a hand, as a laydown, that is very easy to play.
- picante — prepared so as to be very hot and spicy, especially with a hot and spicy sauce.
- pienaar — (Jacobus) François. born 1967, South African Rugby Union footballer; captain of the South African team that won the Rugby World Cup in 1995
- pierian — of or relating to the Muses.
- pignora — property held as security for a debt.
- pikeman — a soldier armed with a pike.
- pin oak — an oak, Quercus palustris, characterized by the pyramidal manner of growth of its branches and deeply pinnatifid leaves.
- pin pad — a small keypad at a point of sale on which someone making a purchase using a credit or debit card types his or her PIN to confirm the purchase
- pinball — any of various games played on a sloping, glass-topped table presenting a field of colorful, knoblike target pins and rails, the object usually being to shoot a ball, driven by a spring, up a side passage and cause it to roll back down against these projections and through channels, which electrically flash or ring and record the score.
- pincase — a case for holding pins
- pindari — in India in the past, someone belonging to one of many irregular groups of raiding horsemen
- pinesap — either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
- pinhead — the head of a pin.
- pinkham — Lydia (Estes) 1819–83, U.S. businesswoman: manufactured patent medicine.
- pinnace — a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.
- pinnate — resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis: a pinnate branch; pinnate trees.
- pinnula — a pinnule.
- pintado — cero (def 1).