8-letter words containing e, n, r, o
- roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- rodeoing — a public exhibition of cowboy skills, as bronco riding and calf roping.
- roebling — John Augustus, 1806–69, U.S. engineer, born in Germany: pioneer of wire-rope suspension bridges, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- roentgen — Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- rollneck — (of a garment) having a high neck that may be rolled over
- romancer — a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively): We knew it was a romance, so we were expecting a happy ending. Romance novels are popular escapist entertainment.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- rondache — a small, round shield
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof
- rondelet — a short poem of fixed form, consisting of five lines on two rhymes, and having the opening words or word used after the second and fifth lines as an unrhymed refrain.
- rondelle — a small disk of glass used as an ornament in a stained-glass window.
- ronggeng — a Malay traditional dance
- roofline — the outline of a rooftop.
- ropiness — resembling a rope or ropes: ropy muscles.
- roseanna — a female given name.
- rosellen — a female given name.
- rosemont — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- rosiness — pink or pinkish-red; roseate.
- rotenone — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous heterocyclic compound, C 2 3 H 2 2 O 6 , obtained from derris root: used chiefly as the active ingredient of certain insecticides and in medicine in the treatment of chiggers and scabies.
- rounders — a person or thing that rounds something.
- roundlet — a small circle or circular object.
- roundure — roundness
- routeing — (networking) (US "routing") /roo'ting/ The process, performed by a router, of selecting the correct interface and next hop for a packet being forwarded. This is the British and international standard spelling. See also Exterior Gateway Protocol, Interior Gateway Protocol.
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- routines — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- roweling — a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
- rubstone — a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- run over — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- san remo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Riviera: resort.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sargeson — Frank. 1903–82, New Zealand short-story writer and novelist. His work includes the short-story collection That Summer and Other Stories (1946) and the novel I Saw in my Dream (1949)
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- schooner — Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
- screw-on — attached, connected, or closed by screwing onto another part of a container or receptacle.
- scrounge — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- sea-born — born in or of the sea, as naiads.
- seaborne — transported by ship over the sea.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- seconder — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
- seignior — a lord, especially a feudal lord; ruler.
- selangor — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- send for — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sensoria — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- serotine — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.