6-letter words containing p, r, o
- pforth — (language) A portable (hence the "p") ANS-standard Forth implemented in ANSI C. Phil Burk initially began developing pForth in 1994 to support ASIC development at 3DO.
- pharos — a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- phasor — a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- phoner — a person making a telephone call
- phwoar — an admiring sound, roughly same as 'cor'; used to denote sexual attraction to another person
- picaro — a rogue or vagabond.
- picro- — bitter
- pictor — a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Dorado and Carina
- pinero — Sir Arthur Wing, 1855–1934, English playwright and actor.
- pirogi — a small dough envelope filled with mashed potato, meat, cheese, or vegetables, crimped to seal the edge and then boiled or fried, typically served with sour cream or onions.
- plexor — Medicine/Medical. a small hammer with a soft rubber head or the like, used in percussion for diagnostic purposes.
- plomer — William (Charles Franklyn). 1903–73, British poet, novelist, and short-story writer, born in South Africa. His novels include Turbott Wolfe (1926) and The Case is Altered (1932)
- plover — any of various shorebirds of the family Charadriidae. Compare dotterel (def 1), killdeer, lapwing.
- poetry — the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- pogrom — an organized massacre, especially of Jews.
- poiret — Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1944, French fashion designer.
- poiser — a person or thing that poises.
- pokier — puttering; slow; dull: poky drivers.
- polari — a distinctive English argot in use since at least the 18th century among groups of theatrical and circus performers and in certain homosexual communities, derived largely from Italian, directly or through Lingua Franca.
- polder — a tract of low land, especially in the Netherlands, reclaimed from the sea or other body of water and protected by dikes.
- poller — a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis.
- ponder — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- pooler — a person taking part in a pool game
- poorer — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- poorly — in a poor manner or way: The team played poorly.
- pooter — a crimping tool used to crimp a ruff, as worn during the reigns of Elizabeth and James I
- popart — A grammar-driven programming environment generator. Uses Paddle.
- popera — music drawing on opera or classical music and aiming for popular appeal
- popery — the Roman Catholic Church, especially its doctrines, ceremonies, and system of government.
- poplar — any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- popler — A PLANNER-type language for the POP-2 environment.
- popper — Sir Karl (Raimund) [rey-muh nd] /ˈreɪ mənd/ (Show IPA), 1902–1994, British philosopher, born in Austria.
- porina — the larva of a moth which causes damage to grassland
- poring — to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript.
- porion — the most lateral point in the roof of the bony external auditory meatus.
- porism — a type of mathematical proposition considered by Euclid, the meaning of which is now obscure. It is thought to be a proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions
- porker — a pig, especially one being fattened for its meat.
- pornos — Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn; a porn star; porn films.
- porose — having pores; porous
- porous — full of pores.
- porson — Richard. 1759–1808, English classical scholar, noted for his editions of Aeschylus and Euripides
- porta- — portable
- portal — portal vein.
- ported — Military. the position of a rifle or other weapon when ported.
- porter — the left-hand side of a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.
- portia — the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- portly — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- porto- — porta-
- poseur — a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- posser — a short stick used for stirring clothes in a washtub