7-letter words containing p, o, u, r
- oversup — to eat or drink too much
- pandour — History/Historical. a member of a local militia in Croatia, formed as a regiment in the Austrian army in the 18th century and noted for its ruthlessness and cruelty.
- parakou — a city in E central Benin.
- parkour — the sport of moving along a route, typically in a city, trying to get around or through various obstacles in the quickest and most efficient manner possible, as by jumping, climbing, or running: his amazing parkour skills.
- parlour — Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.
- parlous — perilous; dangerous.
- paviour — a person that paves; paver.
- pelorus — a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- petrous — denoting the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- pirogue — piragua (def 1).
- pleuro- — of or relating to the side
- pleuron — the lateral plate or plates of a thoracic segment of an insect.
- popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- porirua — a city in New Zealand, on the North Island just north of Wellington. Pop: 50 600 (2004 est)
- posture — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- poulard — a hen spayed to improve the flesh for use as food.
- poulter — a member of staff within e.g. a monastery or royal household, responsible for the supply of poultry
- poultry — domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
- pounder — a person or thing having or associated with a weight or value of a pound or a specified number of pounds (often used in combination): He caught only one fish, but it was an eight-pounder.
- pour-on — Pour-on describes a technique in which a medicine is poured onto and absorbed through the skin.
- pouring — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- precoup — of or pertaining to the period before a coup
- proclus — a.d. c411–485, Greek philosopher and theologian.
- procure — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- prodrug — an inactive substance that is converted to a drug within the body by the action of enzymes or other chemicals.
- produce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- profumo — John (Dennis). 1915–2006 British Conservative politician; secretary of state for war (1960–63). He resigned after a scandal that threatened the government of Harold Macmillan
- profuse — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- proneur — a flatterer
- pronoun — any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurrence with an article or adjective.
- pronuke — pronuclear1 .
- prop up — support, steady
- proteus — Classical Mythology. a sea god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, noted for his ability to assume different forms and to prophesy.
- protium — the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen. Symbol: H 1.
- prouder — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- proudly — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- prurigo — a skin condition characterized by itching papules.
- purloin — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purport — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
- purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
- pushrod — a rod in an overhead-valve engine that is part of the linkage used to open and close the valves.
- pylorus — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- rap out — If you rap out an order or a question, you say it quickly and sharply.
- recoupe — the act of keeping back or withholding something which is legally due to someone
- regroup — to form into a new or restructured group or grouping.
- roar up — to rebuke or reprimand (a person)
- rock up — to arrive late or unannounced
- roll up — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.