7-letter words containing h, o, r, s
- hydrops — (formerly) edema.
- hydrous — containing water.
- inshore — close or closer to the shore.
- isochor — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- karoshi — (in Japan) death caused by overwork
- kherson — a port in S Ukraine, on the Dnieper River, on the Black Sea.
- koshers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kosher.
- kushiro — a city in SE Hokkaido, Japan.
- masorah — a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
- moorish — of or relating to the Moors, a Muslim people of NW Africa.
- morchas — Plural form of morcha.
- moreish — (informal, of food) Causing one to want to have more.
- morphos — Plural form of morpho.
- mothers — Plural form of mother.
- nephros — (anatomy) A kidney-like organ.
- noirish — (film, arts) Having the character of film noir.
- norrish — Ronald George Wreyford [rey-ferd] /ˈreɪ fərd/ (Show IPA), 1897–1978, British chemist: Nobel prize 1967.
- noshery — (informal) A restaurant.
- nourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- oarfish — any long, ribbon-shaped, silvery fish of the genus Regalecus, of deep tropical waters, having a red dorsal fin along the spine that rises to a crest, and reaching a length of 30 feet (9 meters).
- ochrous — Containing ochre.
- of hers — belonging to or associated with her
- ogreish — a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous person.
- onshore — onto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water: a breeze blowing onshore.
- oraches — Plural form of orache.
- orchids — Plural form of orchid.
- orchils — Plural form of orchil.
- orphans — Plural form of orphan.
- orpheus — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orphism — the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
- orthros — Greek Orthodox Church. the morning office, corresponding to matins.
- 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.
- outrush — a rapid or intense outflow: an outrush of water from a bursting pipe.
- phorcys — a sea god who fathered the Gorgons.
- phoresy — (among insects and arachnids) a nonparasitic relationship in which one species is carried about by another.
- poorish — somewhat poor; rather poor.
- preshow — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- proesch — Gilbert. Born 1942, an Italian artist who is noted esp for his photomontages and performance works with George Passmore
- pushrod — a rod in an overhead-valve engine that is part of the linkage used to open and close the valves.
- rehouse — to house again.
- reshoot — to shoot (a film, scene, photograph) again
- rhetors — a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- rhodous — of or containing rhodium (but proportionally more than something rhodic)
- rhoecus — flourished 6th century b.c, Greek sculptor and architect.
- rhombos — a wooden slat attached to a strap that makes a roaring sound when the strap is whirled. It has been associated with religious rituals throughout the world
- rhombus — an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; any equilateral parallelogram except a square.
- rimshot — the deliberate simultaneous striking of the head and the rim of a drum
- roguish — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- romansh — a group of three Rhaeto-Romanic dialects spoken in E Switzerland. Compare Ladin (def 2).
- rompish — given to romping; frolicsome.