7-letter words containing po
- disport — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dispose — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- dispost — (transitive) To eject from a post; to displace.
- dropoff — Alternative form of drop-off.
- dropout — an act or instance of dropping out.
- du pont — É(leuthère) I(rénée)1771-1834; Am. industrialist, born in France
- duopoly — the market condition that exists when there are only two sellers. Compare monopoly (def 1), oligopoly.
- eelpout — any fish of the family Zoarcidae, especially Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.
- emporia — Irregular plural form of emporium.
- empower — Give (someone) the authority or power to do something.
- endopod — the inner branch of a two-branched crustacean
- epochal — Forming or characterizing an epoch; epoch-making.
- eponyme — Archaic form of eponym.
- eponyms — Plural form of eponym.
- eponymy — (semantics) The semantic relation of eponyms; the quality of being eponymous.
- epopees — Plural form of epopee.
- epoxide — An organic compound whose molecule contains a three-membered ring involving an oxygen atom and two carbon atoms.
- epoxied — Simple past tense and past participle of epoxy.
- epoxies — Plural form of epoxy.
- espouse — Adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).
- europol — European Police Office, an international association devoted to fighting cross-border organized crime within the European Union
- europop — a type of banal pop music considered typical of European artists
- exports — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of export.
- exposal — (archaic) exposure.
- exposed — Make (something) visible, typically by uncovering it.
- exposer — One who exposes.
- exposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expose.
- exposit — To expound.
- expound — Present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail.
- eyespot — A light-sensitive pigmented spot on the bodies of invertebrate animals such as flatworms, starfishes, and microscopic crustaceans, and also in some unicellular organisms.
- finspot — any clinid fish of the genus Paraclinus, having an eyelike spot on the dorsal fin, as P. integripinnis, of California.
- firepot — a small clay pot filled with combustible materials, formerly used as a missile
- fowlpox — a viral infection affecting poultry and other birds, spread either by biting insects or by inhalation
- fusspot — a fussbudget.
- galipot — a type of turpentine exuded on the stems of certain species of pine.
- gaposis — a noticeable gap or series of gaps, as between the fastened buttons or snaps on an overly tight garment.
- gestapo — the German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and notorious for its brutal methods and operations.
- gluepot — a double boiler in which glue is melted.
- goatpox — a virus disease of goats that resembles cowpox and produces lesions inside the thighs and on other hairless skin areas.
- gonopod — either member of a pair of appendages that are the external reproductive organs of insects and some other arthropods
- gosport — a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.
- guapore — a river forming part of the boundary between Brazil and Bolivia, flowing NW to the Mamoré River. 950 miles (1530 km) long.
- gunport — an aperture, as in a protective wall or the side of a ship, through which a gun can be aimed and fired.
- harpoon — a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- hexapod — a six-legged arthropod of the class Insecta (formerly Hexapoda); an insect.
- hoopoes — Plural form of hoopoe.
- hot pot — mutton or beef cooked with potatoes in a covered pot.
- hotpots — Plural form of hotpot.
- hotspot — a country or region where dangerous or difficult political situations exist or may erupt, especially where a war, revolution, or a belligerent attitude toward other countries exists or may develop: In the 1960s, Vietnam became a hot spot.
- hypogea — Ancient Architecture. the underground part of a building, as a vault.