7-letter words containing p, o, i, e
- ploesti — a city in S Romania: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- plosive — (of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive.
- plottie — a hot, spiced drink
- pockies — woollen mittens
- podlike — resembling a pod
- poetics — poetics.
- poetize — to write poetry.
- poinder — a person who protects and cares for hedges, woods, etc
- pointed — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- pointel — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pointer — a person or thing that points.
- poitier — Sidney, born 1927, U.S. actor and director.
- poitrel — a breastplate, specifically of horse's armour
- polemic — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- policer — a computer device controlling traffic
- polices — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- polies' — Informal. polyester (def 2): a blend of poly and cotton.
- politer — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- pompeia — flourished 1st century b.c, second wife of Julius Caesar, divorced in 62 b.c. Compare Calpurnia, Cornelia (def 2).
- pompeii — an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: it was buried along with Herculaneum by an eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; much of the city has been excavated.
- pompier — a conventional or imitative artist
- pontile — a metal bar used in glass-making
- pontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- poperin — a kind of pear
- poppied — covered or adorned with poppies: poppied fields.
- porcine — of or relating to swine.
- porifer — a member of the phylum Porifera
- porkpie — a snap-brimmed hat with a round, flat crown, usually made of felt.
- pornier — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- posited — to place, put, or set.
- possies — a job; position.
- pot-pie — a deep-dish pie containing meat, chicken, or the like, often combined with vegetables and topped with a pastry crust.
- 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.
- poutine — a dish of chipped potatoes topped with curd cheese and a tomato-based sauce
- preboil — to boil (food etc) before (cooking, roasting, etc)
- preriot — of the period before a riot
- primero — a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- profile — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- proline — an alcohol-soluble amino acid, C 4 H 9 NHCOOH, occurring in high concentration in collagen. Symbol: P. Abbreviation: Pro;
- promine — a substance promoting cell growth
- promise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- propine — to offer as a present.
- prostie — a prostitute.
- 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.
- provide — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- provine — to plant (a vine) in preparation for propagation
- pterion — the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.