6-letter words containing e, n, r, o
- morgen — a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- morone — (archaic) maroon colour.
- mourne — The armed or feruled end of a staff.
- munroe — Charles Edward, 1849–1938, U.S. chemist.
- necro- — indicating death, a dead body, or dead tissue
- necros — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of necro.
- negros — an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- neibor — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- nemrod — Nimrod (def 1).
- nereco — NEtwork REmote COmmunications.
- neroli — An essential oil distilled from the flowers of the Seville orange, used in perfumery.
- nestor — the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- neuro- — Neuro- is used to form words that refer or relate to a nerve or the nervous system.
- neuron — artificial neural network
- nobler — distinguished by rank or title.
- nodder — One who nods; a drowsy person.
- nooner — an activity undertaken during the lunch hour.
- nooser — a person who uses a noose
- noreen — a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- norice — Obsolete form of nurse.
- norite — a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- normed — (algebra, analysis) Of a mathematical structure, endowed with a norm.
- normie — (slang) A normal person.
- norsel — a band or cord, esp one used to attach rope alongside the edge of a fishing-net
- nosher — Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- nother — Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- nozzer — a new recruit; a novice
- numero — The sign ⟨ № ⟩.
- oberon — (in medieval folklore) the king of the fairies.
- oinker — (slang, countable) A pig: an animal of the genus Sus.
- onager — a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- oncers — Plural form of oncer.
- opener — a person or thing that opens.
- operon — a set of two or more adjacent cistrons whose transcription is under the coordinated control of a promoter, an operator, and a regulator gene.
- orange — methyl orange.
- orante — a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orcein — a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- oregon — a state in the NW United States, on the Pacific coast. 96,981 sq. mi. (251,180 sq. km). Capital: Salem. Abbreviation: Oreg., Ore., OR (for use with zip code).
- orenda — a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- orense — a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- orexin — (biochemistry) Either of two neuropeptide hormones found in vertebrates; the hypocretins.
- orgone — (in Wilhelm Reich's theory) a vital, primal, nonmaterial element believed to permeate the universe.
- orient — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- origen — (Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- orkney — a group of over 70 islands off the N coast of Scotland, separated from the mainland by the Pentland Firth: constitutes an island authority of Scotland; low-lying and treeless; many important prehistoric remains. Administrative centre: Kirkwall. Pop: 19 310 (2003 est). Area: 974 sq km (376 sq miles)
- ornate — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- ornery — ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
- orogen — an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- orpine — a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
- ouncer — something weighing a specified number of ounces (used in combination): The deluxe hamburger is an eight-ouncer.