7-letter words containing r, e, p, n
- operant — operating; producing effects.
- operons — Plural form of operon.
- 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.
- orpines — Plural form of orpine.
- padrone — a master; boss.
- painter — cougar.
- pandore — an obsolete musical instrument resembling the guitar.
- pandure — bandore.
- pannier — a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
- panther — the cougar or puma, Felis concolor.
- pantler — a pantry servant
- panurge — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
- paraben — any ester of parahydroxybenzoic acid, some of which are used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals and have been found in breast cancer tumours
- pardine — spotted; resembling a leopard
- pardner — (in direct address) friend.
- parenty — a large, brown and yellow monitor lizard, Varanus giganteus, native to arid and semiarid regions of Australia.
- parnell — Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- partner — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- parvenu — a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.
- pastern — the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- pattern — a distinctive style, model, or form: a new pattern of army helmet.
- pearlin — a type of lace used to trim clothes
- pearson — Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- pebrine — an infectious disease of silkworms, characterized by a black spotting of the integument and by stunted growth, caused by the protozoan Nosema bomycis.
- peering — to look narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern clearly.
- penrith — a market town in NW England, in Cumbria. Pop: 14 471 (2001)
- penrose — Sir Roger. born 1931, British mathematician and theoretical physicist, noted for his investigation of black holes
- penster — a writer, esp of trivial things
- per an. — per annum
- percent — Also called per centum. one one-hundredth part; 1/100.
- percine — a perch-like fish, esp one belonging to the family Percidae
- pereion — (in a crustacean) the thorax.
- perfing — the practice of taking early retirement, with financial compensation, from the police force
- pericon — Argentinian dance
- perigon — an angle of 360°.
- perinde — (in prescriptions) in the same manner as before.
- perinea — the area in front of the anus extending to the fourchette of the vulva in the female and to the scrotum in the male.
- perjink — prim or finicky
- perking — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
- perkins — Frances, 1882–1965, U.S. sociologist: Secretary of Labor 1933–45.
- perlman — Itzhak [ee-tsahk,, it-zahk] /ˈi tsɑk,, ˈɪt zɑk/ (Show IPA), born 1945, U.S. violinist, born in Israel.
- permian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era occurring from about 280 to 230 million years ago and characterized by a profusion of amphibian species.
- peronei — 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.
- perpend — a large stone passing through the entire thickness of a wall.
- perpent — perpend1 .
- perrine — a town in S Florida.
- persant — sharp or stabbing
- persian — of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
- person- — person (of either sex)
- persona — a person.