7-letter words containing a, i, r, s, o
- oralist — an advocate of oralism.
- ordains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ordain.
- orgiast — One who celebrates orgies.
- osirian — the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- osteria — An Italian restaurant, typically a simple or inexpensive one.
- ostiary — Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church. a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders. the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- ouraris — curare.
- ovaries — Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- parison — a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- parotis — a parotid gland
- polaris — 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.
- prosaic — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- rations — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- romains — Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- rosalia — scarlet fever
- rosalie — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- rosario — a port in E Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- roscian — of, relating to, or involving acting.
- rossiya — Russian name of Russia.
- sadiron — Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- sarcoid — a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- sauroid — a type of fish
- sautoir — a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- saviour — a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
- scoriae — Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- shapiro — Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- shortia — an evergreen herb native to eastern North America and temperate Asia, with white, pink, or blue flowers
- sicario — a hired gunman or assassin, esp. in Latin America
- signora — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- sliotar — the ball used in hurling
- soaring — an act or instance of soaring.
- solaris — (operating system) Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s version of the Unix operating system. As well as the core operating system, Solaris inludes networking software, the Java Virtual Machine, the CDE/Desktop that includes an X11-based windowing environment and graphical user interface. Sun claim that Solaris is not just an operating system but an "operating environment". Solaris 1.x was a retroactive (marketing?) name for SunOS 4.1.x (where x>=1). Solaris 2.x (which is the first version most people call "Solaris") includes SunOS5.x, which is an SVR4-derived Unix, OpenWindows 3.x, and tooltalk.
- sorbian — of or relating to the Wends or their language.
- soredia — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- sparoid — resembling or pertaining to the porgy family, Sparidae.
- travois — a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- various — of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- warison — a bugle call to assault.