5-letter words containing p, r, o
- props — a propeller.
- prore — the prow of a ship
- prose — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- proso — a type of millet, Panicum miliaceum, cultivated as a cereal and forage crop, esp in Asia and N America
- pross — to exhibit pride or haughtiness; put on airs.
- prost — Alain (alɛ̃). born 1955, French motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion 1985, 1986, 1989, and 1993
- prosy — of the nature of or resembling prose.
- prot- — proto-
- prot. — Protestant
- proud — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- prout — Ebenezer. 1835–1909, English musicologist and composer, noted for his editions of works by Handel and J. S. Bach
- prov. — province
- prove — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- provo — a Dutch or German political agitator, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- prox. — proximo (next month)
- proxy — the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another.
- psora — psoriasis.
- pudor — a proper sense of shame
- pyro- — denoting fire, heat, or high temperature
- raupo — a New Zealand bulrush, Typha orientalis, with sword-shaped leaves, traditionally used for construction and decoration
- rebop — bop1 .
- repot — to transfer (a plant) to another, especially larger, pot.
- repro — Informal. reproduction (def 3).
- ripon — a city in N England, in North Yorkshire: cathedral (12th–16th centuries). Pop: 16 468 (2001)
- roopy — hoarse
- roper — decoy, esp one lures people into a gambling house
- ropey — If you say that something is ropey, you mean that its quality is poor or unsatisfactory.
- rospa — Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
- roupy — hoarse or husky.
- rumpo — sexual intercourse
- sapor — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- soper — Donald (Oliver), Baron. 1903–98, British Methodist minister and publicist, noted esp for his pacifist convictions. His books include All His Grace (1953) and Calling for Action (1984)
- sopor — Pathology. a deep, unnatural sleep; lethargy.
- sopra — a musical instruction meaning above
- spohr — Ludwig [loot-vikh,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), or Louis [loo-ee] /ˈlu i/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, German violinist and composer.
- spoor — a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game.
- spore — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- spork — a utensil used for eating, combining a spoon and a fork
- sport — an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- sprod — a young salmon in its second year
- sprog — offspring, child
- strop — any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
- thorp — a hamlet; village.
- toper — a hard drinker or chronic drunkard.
- tromp — to tramp or trample.
- troop — an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
- trope — Rhetoric. any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense. an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
- vapor — a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.