7-letter words containing r, e, o, p
- improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- isopyre — an impure variety of opal, containing alumina, lime, and iron sesquioxide.
- jawrope — a rope tied across the jaw of a gaff to hold it to the mast.
- jeopard — to jeopardize.
- jetport — an airport designed to handle commercial jet planes.
- kerflop — with or as if with a flop: He fell kerflop.
- kouprey — a wild ox, Bibos (Novibos) sauveli, of Laos and Cambodia, having a blackish-brown body with white markings on the back and feet: an endangered species.
- leopard — a large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
- leporid — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- leproma — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprose — leprous.
- leprosy — a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.
- leprous — Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- liriope — any of several plants belonging to the genus Liriope, of the lily family, having tufted, grasslike leaves and clusters of small bluish or white flowers.
- loopers — Plural form of looper.
- loppers — long-handled pruning shears.
- mampoer — a home-distilled brandy made from peaches, prickly pears, etc
- manrope — a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- maspero — Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- meropia — partial blindness.
- meropic — having the ability to speak
- morpeth — a town in NE England, the administrative centre of Northumberland. Pop: 13 555 (2001)
- morphea — (medicine) localized scleroderma.
- morphed — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- morphew — A blemish or mark on the skin.
- nephro- — kidney or kidneys
- nephron — the filtering and excretory unit of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and tubules.
- nephros — (anatomy) A kidney-like organ.
- newport — a seaport in Gwent, in SE Wales, near the Severn estuary.
- nonripe — Not ripe.
- oophore — (biology) A form of some ferns and mosses that bear sexual fruit.
- oosperm — a fertilized ovum; zygote
- oospore — a fertilized egg within an oogonium.
- openers — a person or thing that opens.
- operand — a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
- operant — operating; producing effects.
- operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- opercle — an operculum, especially the posterior bone of the operculum of a fish.
- operons — Plural form of operon.
- operose — industrious, as a person.
- oporice — a former medicine made with wine and autumn fruits
- opposer — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- oppress — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- oropesa — a float used in minesweeping
- orphean — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orpheus — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orphrey — an ornamental band or border, especially on an ecclesiastical vestment.
- orpines — Plural form of orpine.
- ospreys — Plural form of osprey.
- outpeer — to surpass (a rival)