8-letter words containing p, r, o, n
- pardoner — a person who pardons.
- parergon — something that is an accessory to a main work or subject; embellishment.
- parlando — sung or played as though speaking or reciting (a musical direction).
- parochin — a parish
- paronymy — a play on words
- parvanov — Georgi. born 1957, Bulgarian politician: president of Bulgaria (2000–2012)
- patentor — a person or official agency that grants patents.
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- patronal — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronly — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronne — a woman who owns or manages a hotel, restaurant, or bar
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- pauldron — a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
- pecorino — a dry, hard Italian cheese made of ewe's milk, especially Romano.
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- pentroof — a roof sloping in only one direction
- peperino — a brown or grey rock (tuff) consisting of condensed and cemented volcanic ash, sand, etc, esp that found outside Rome in the Albano Hills
- peperoni — a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- perdendo — (of a piece of music) getting gradually quieter and dying away
- perforin — a protein produced by killer cells of the immune system that causes disintegration of targeted cells by forming pores in their membranes.
- pergamon — an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- peroneal — pertaining to or situated near the fibula.
- peroneus — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- peronism — the principles or policies of Juan Perón.
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- perronet — Jean Rodolphe [zhahn raw-dawlf] /ʒɑ̃ rɔˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1708–94, French engineer.
- personae — a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- perugino — (Pietro Vannucci) 1446–1524, Italian painter.
- peterson — Oscar Emmanuel, 1925–2007, Canadian jazz pianist.
- petronel — a firearm of large calibre used in the 16th and early 17th centuries, esp by cavalry soldiers
- pfortran — Parallel Fortran
- phorminx — an ancient Greek stringed musical instrument of the lyre family
- phoronid — any member of the invertebrate phylum Phoronida, wormlike marine animals living in a chitinous tube and having an anterior structure bearing ciliated tentacles for feeding.
- picaroon — a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
- pig iron — iron tapped from a blast furnace and cast into pigs in preparation for conversion into steel, cast iron, or wrought iron.
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- pinafore — a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
- pinkroot — the root of any of various plants belonging to the genus Spigelia, of the logania family, especially that of S. marilandica of the U.S., that is used as a vermifuge.
- pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- planform — the outline of an object viewed from above.
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- plectron — plectrum.
- pliotron — any hot-cathode vacuum tube having an anode and one or more grids.
- podgorny — Nikolai Viktorovich [nyi-kuh-lahy vyeek-tuh-ruh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈvyik tə rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1965–77.
- poincare — Jules Henri [zhyl ahn-ree] /ʒül ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1912, French mathematician.
- pointers — a person or thing that points.
- poisoner — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.