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7-letter words containing p, r, o

  • exocarp — The outer layer of the pericarp of a fruit.
  • explore — Travel in or through (an unfamiliar country or area) in order to learn about or familiarize oneself with it.
  • exports — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of export.
  • exposer — One who exposes.
  • extropy — The pseudoscientific principle that life will expand indefinitely and in an orderly, progressive way throughout the entire universe by the means of human intelligence and technology.
  • eyedrop — Medicine to be administered to the eyes.
  • firepot — a small clay pot filled with combustible materials, formerly used as a missile
  • flopper — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
  • foppery — the clothes, manners, actions, etc., of a fop.
  • forceps — an instrument, as pincers or tongs, for seizing and holding objects, as in surgical operations.
  • forepaw — the paw of a foreleg.
  • foretop — a platform at the head of a fore lower mast of a ship.
  • forpine — to cause to waste away or pine
  • geopark — A UNESCO-designated area containing one or more sites of particular geological importance, intended to conserve the geological heritage and promote public awareness of it, typically through tourism.
  • gompers — Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
  • goopier — Comparative form of goopy.
  • gophers — Plural form of gopher.
  • gopuram — A monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a temple, especially in Southern India.
  • gosport — a flexible speaking tube for communication between separate cockpits or compartments of an aircraft.
  • grapho- — writing or drawing
  • grooper — Archaic form of grouper (the fish).
  • gropers — a large, purplish food fish, Achoerodus gouldii, inhabiting waters off Australia and New Zealand, characterized by an enormous gape.
  • groping — moving or going about clumsily or hesitantly; stumbling.
  • gropius — Walter [wawl-ter;; German vahl-tuh r] /ˈwɔl tər;; German ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, German architect, in the U.S. from 1937.
  • gropper — William, 1897–1977, U.S. painter.
  • group 3 — (protocol, compression)   (G3) The CCITT fax protocol which uses data compression and allows a variety of file types (e.g. electronic mail, pictures, PostScript) to be transmitted over analogue telephone lines. The Group 3 protocol was published by CCITT in 1993. Full details of the protocol are available from ITU-T. See also Group 4.
  • group 4 — (protocol, compression)   (G4) The CCITT fax protocol which uses data compression and allows a variety of file types (e-mail, pictures, PostScript, etc.) to be transmitted over digital (ISDN) telephone lines. The Group 4 protocol was published by CCITT in 1993. Full details of the protocol are available from ITU-T. See also Group 3.
  • grouped — Simple past tense and past participle of group.
  • grouper — any of various sea basses of the family Serranidae, especially of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, of tropical and subtropical seas.
  • groupie — a young person, especially a teenage girl, who is an ardent admirer of rock musicians and may follow them on tour.
  • grow up — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
  • grownup — a mature, fully grown person; adult.
  • gryphon — a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.
  • guapore — a river forming part of the boundary between Brazil and Bolivia, flowing NW to the Mamoré River. 950 miles (1530 km) long.
  • gumdrop — a small candy made of gum arabic, gelatin, or the like, sweetened and flavored.
  • gunport — an aperture, as in a protective wall or the side of a ship, through which a gun can be aimed and fired.
  • guyrope — Alternative spelling of guy rope.
  • gyprock — Rock rich in gypsum, gypsic soil.
  • hardtop — a style of car having a rigid metal top and no center posts between windows.
  • harp on — a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
  • 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.
  • hoopers — Plural form of hooper.
  • hoppers — Plural form of hopper.
  • hoptree — any of several North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Ptelea, of the citrus family, especially P. trifoliata, having trifoliate leaves and roundish, waferlike fruit.
  • hotspur — Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
  • hydrops — (formerly) edema.
  • hyperon — any baryon with strangeness other than zero, especially one with a relatively long lifetime.
  • impedor — a component, such as an inductor or resistor, that offers impedance
  • implore — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
  • imports — Plural form of import.
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