7-letter words containing c, o, r, i
- koranic — Alternative spelling of Qur'anic.
- leofric — died 1057, earl of Mercia c1030–57 (husband of Lady Godiva).
- lictors — Plural form of lictor.
- locrian — either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- lycoris — any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Lycoris, of the amaryllis family, native to eastern Asia, bearing clustered, variously colored flowers that appear after the leaves have faded and disappeared.
- lyricon — a musical instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece, with the notes being modulated by a synthesizer
- marcion — a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- marconi — Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- meropic — having the ability to speak
- microbe — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microhm — Alternative spelling of micro-ohm.
- microns — Plural form of micron.
- minorca — Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- morisco — Moorish.
- moronic — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- 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).
- morrice — A morris dance.
- mortice — to secure with a mortise and tenon.
- motoric — motor (def 11).
- nordica — Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- noricum — an ancient Roman province in central Europe, roughly corresponding to the part of Austria south of the Danube.
- noritic — (geology) Relating to, or composed of norite.
- norwich — a city in E Norfolk, in E England: cathedral.
- noticer — Someone who notices.
- nourice — a nurse.
- ocarina — a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- ochring — to color or mark with ocher.
- ochroid — yellow as ocher.
- officer — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- omicron — the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- oneiric — of or relating to dreams.
- oporice — a former medicine made with wine and autumn fruits
- orchids — Plural form of orchid.
- orchils — Plural form of orchil.
- orcinol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- orectic — of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- oriency — the state of having an iridescent lustre
- orifice — an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- orinoco — a river in N South America, flowing N from the border of Brazil, along the E border of Colombia, and NE through Venezuela to the Atlantic. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- ostrich — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- parodic — having or of the nature of a parody.
- parotic — situated about or near the ear.
- patrico — a fraudulent priest
- percoid — belonging to the Percoidea, a group of acanthopterygian fishes comprising the true perches and related families, and constituting one of the largest natural groups of fishes.
- pericon — Argentinian dance
- pibroch — (in the Scottish Highlands) a piece of music for the bagpipe, consisting of a series of variations on a basic theme, usually martial in character, but sometimes used as a dirge.
- picador — one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
- pilcorn — a type of oat (Avena nuda) with an edible seed that can be husked easily
- pilcrow — a paragraph mark.