7-letter words containing p, o, e, t
- potherb — any herb prepared as food by cooking in a pot, as spinach, or added as seasoning in cookery, as thyme.
- pothery — humid; stuffy
- pothole — a deep hole; pit.
- potiche — a vase or jar, as of porcelain, with a rounded or polygonal body narrowing at the top.
- potlike — resembling a pot, shaped like a pot
- potline — a row of electrolytic cells for reducing certain metals, as aluminum, from fused salts.
- pottage — a thick soup made of vegetables, with or without meat.
- pottery — ceramic ware, especially earthenware and stoneware.
- poulter — a member of staff within e.g. a monastery or royal household, responsible for the supply of poultry
- pouncet — box with a perforated top used for perfume
- poutine — a dish of chipped potatoes topped with curd cheese and a tomato-based sauce
- poverty — the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.
- praetor — (in the ancient Roman republic) one of a number of elected magistrates charged chiefly with the administration of civil justice and ranking next below a consul.
- precoat — A precoat is a coating which is put on a filter to test the performance of the filter.
- prenote — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- preriot — of the period before a riot
- presort — to sort (letters, packages, etc.) by zip code or class before collection or delivery to a post office.
- preston — a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England.
- prevost — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1862–1941, French novelist and dramatist.
- prevote — a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals.
- pro tem — temporarily; for the time being.
- probate — Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- proette — a female golfing professional
- profert — an exhibition of a record or paper in open court.
- proglet — /prog'let/ [UK] A short extempore program written to meet an immediate, transient need. Often written in BASIC, rarely more than a dozen lines long and containing no subroutines. The largest amount of code that can be written off the top of one's head, that does not need any editing, and that runs correctly the first time (this amount varies significantly according to one's skill and the language one is using). Compare toy program, noddy, one-liner wars.
- project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- prolate — elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- promote — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- 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.
- prophet — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- propjet — an airplane equipped with turboprops.
- propter — because of this.
- prorate — to make an arrangement on a basis of proportional distribution.
- prosect — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- prostie — a prostitute.
- protean — readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.
- protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protege — a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
- proteid — 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.
- 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.
- proteo- — protein
- protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- proteus — Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- protore — a primary metalliferous material before it becomes ore
- protyle — a hypothetical primitive substance from which the chemical elements were supposed to have been formed
- prowest — valiant.
- pterion — the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- pteroma — pteron.
- ptolemy — (Claudius Ptolemaeus) flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.