7-letter words containing p, a, n
- pintail — a long-necked river duck, Anas acuta, of the Old and New Worlds, having long and narrow middle tail feathers.
- pintano — sergeant major (def 3).
- pinwale — (of a fabric, especially corduroy) having very thin wales.
- piquant — agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
- piranha — any of several small South American freshwater fishes of the genus Serrasalmus that eat other fish and sometimes plants but occasionally also attack humans and other large animals that enter the water.
- piscean — a person born under the sign of Pisces.
- piscina — a basin with a drain used for certain ablutions, now generally in the sacristy.
- pissant — Slang: Vulgar. a person or thing of no value or consequence; a despicable person or thing.
- pitanga — Surinam cherry.
- pizaine — a mail collar of the 14th century, worn with a hauberk.
- placing — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- plafond — a ceiling, whether flat or arched, especially one of decorative character.
- plainer — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- plainly — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- plan on — intend to
- planate — having a plane or flat surface.
- plancer — the soffit of a cornice, especially one of wood.
- planche — a flat piece of metal, stone, or baked clay, used as a tray in an enameling oven.
- planing — Carpentry. any of various woodworking instruments for paring, truing, or smoothing, or for forming moldings, chamfers, rabbets, grooves, etc., by means of an inclined, adjustable blade moved along and against the piece being worked.
- planish — to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
- planned — arranged, organized, or done in accordance with a plan: a planned attack.
- planner — a person who plans.
- plantae — the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
- plantar — of or relating to the sole of the foot.
- planter — a person who plants.
- plantin — Christophe [kree-stawf] /kriˈstɔf/ (Show IPA), c1520–1589, French typographer.
- planula — the ciliate, free-swimming larva of a coelenterate.
- planxty — a lively Celtic melody, chiefly for the harp
- plasmin — fibrinolysin.
- plasmon — the sum total of plasmagenes in a cell
- platina — a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- plating — a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- platini — Michel. born 1955, French footballer, manager, and administrator; scored 41 goals in 72 games for France (1976–87); European Footballer of the Year (1983–85); president of UEFA (2007–2015)
- platoon — a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
- play on — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playing — the act of taking part in a game or sport
- playpen — a small enclosure, usually portable, in which a young child can play safely alone without constant supervision.
- plenary — full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified: plenary powers.
- pleonal — relating to the abdomen of a crustacean
- pliancy — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- plinian — ("the Elder"; Gaius Plinius Secundus) a.d. 23–79, Roman naturalist, encyclopedist, and writer.
- plowman — a man who plows.
- pluvian — a crocodile bird
- pnambic — (jargon) /p*-nam'bik/ (From the scene in the film, "The Wizard of Oz" in which the true nature of the wizard is first discovered: "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"). A term coined by Daniel Klein <[email protected]> for a stage of development of a process or function that, owing to incomplete implementation or to the complexity of the system, requires human interaction to simulate or replace some or all of its actions, inputs or outputs. The term may also be applied to a process or function whose apparent operations are wholly or partially falsified or one requiring prestidigitization. The ultimate pnambic product was "Dan Bricklin's Demo", a program which supported flashy user-interface design prototyping. There is a related maxim among hackers: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." See magic for illumination of this point.
- poblano — a dark-green, mild or slightly pungent chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- pogonia — a terrestrial orchid of the genus Pogonia, of North America.
- pointal — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- polaron — a kind of electron
- polenta — (especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal.
- pollman — a graduate of Cambridge University who passed without honours