7-letter words containing p, r, o
- imposer — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impower — Archaic form of empower.
- improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- ingroup — (systematics) In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study.
- isopyre — an impure variety of opal, containing alumina, lime, and iron sesquioxide.
- jawrope — a rope tied across the jaw of a gaff to hold it to the mast.
- jeopard — to jeopardize.
- jetport — an airport designed to handle commercial jet planes.
- jodhpur — Also called Marwar. a former state in NW India, now in Rajasthan.
- kerflop — with or as if with a flop: He fell kerflop.
- kidporn — child pornography.
- kouprey — a wild ox, Bibos (Novibos) sauveli, of Laos and Cambodia, having a blackish-brown body with white markings on the back and feet: an endangered species.
- krypton — an inert, monatomic gaseous element, present in very small amounts in the atmosphere: used in high-power, tungsten-filament light bulbs. Symbol: Kr; atomic weight: 83.80; atomic number: 36.
- laparo- — the flank, the abdominal wall
- lapwork — a type of craftwork in which there are parts or edges that overlap each other
- leopard — a large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
- leporid — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- leproma — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprose — leprous.
- leprosy — a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.
- leprous — Pathology. affected with leprosy.
- liriope — any of several plants belonging to the genus Liriope, of the lily family, having tufted, grasslike leaves and clusters of small bluish or white flowers.
- litprog — literate programming
- loopers — Plural form of looper.
- lop nur — series of salt lakes and marshes in Xinjiang Uygur, NW China: nuclear test site.
- loppers — long-handled pruning shears.
- mampoer — a home-distilled brandy made from peaches, prickly pears, etc
- manrope — a rope placed at the side of a gangway, ladder, or the like, to serve as a rail.
- marplot — a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
- maspero — Sir Gaston Camille Charles [gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.
- meropia — partial blindness.
- meropic — having the ability to speak
- mompara — (South Africa) A fool.
- morpeth — a town in NE England, the administrative centre of Northumberland. Pop: 13 555 (2001)
- morphan — A chemical compound, the base of the benzomorphan family of drugs.
- morphea — (medicine) localized scleroderma.
- morphed — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- morphew — A blemish or mark on the skin.
- morphia — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- morphic — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- morpho- — indicating form or structure
- morphol — morphology
- morphon — (biology) A morphological individual, characterized by definiteness of form, according to w Ernst Haeckel.
- morphos — Plural form of morpho.
- mrs mop — a cleaning lady
- nephro- — kidney or kidneys
- nephron — the filtering and excretory unit of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and tubules.
- nephros — (anatomy) A kidney-like organ.
- newport — a seaport in Gwent, in SE Wales, near the Severn estuary.
- nondrip — to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips.