7-letter words containing i, s, o, r
- rossini — Gioacchino Antonio [jaw-ahk-kee-naw ahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌdʒɔ ɑkˈki nɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1792–1868, Italian composer.
- rossiya — Russian name of Russia.
- rousing — exciting; stirring: a rousing song.
- rubious — being of the color of a ruby; ruby-colored.
- ruinous — bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
- 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.
- scissor — to cut or clip out with scissors.
- scoriae — Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- scorify — to subject to scorification.
- scoring — the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scorpio — Astronomy. Scorpius.
- scourie — a young seagull
- seirios — Sirius (def 2).
- semipro — semiprofessional
- sericon — a solution used in alchemy of unknown composition, perhaps a red tincture, often equated with minium, or red lead
- serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- serpigo — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- shapiro — Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- shoring — a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
- shortia — an evergreen herb native to eastern North America and temperate Asia, with white, pink, or blue flowers
- shortie — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- sicario — a hired gunman or assassin, esp. in Latin America
- sidero- — indicating iron
- signior — signor.
- signora — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- signore — a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- signori — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- signory — seigniory.
- similor — an alloy used in the manufacture of cheap jewellery
- sirloin — the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- sirocco — a hot, dry, dustladen wind blowing from northern Africa and affecting parts of southern Europe.
- siroset — of or relating to the chemical treatment of woollen fabrics to give a permanent-press effect, or a garment so treated
- sliotar — the ball used in hurling
- snoring — loud breathing while asleep
- soaring — an act or instance of soaring.
- sofrito — soffritto.
- soilure — a stain.
- 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.
- soldier — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- solider — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- sorbian — of or relating to the Wends or their language.
- sorbing — to gather on a surface either by absorption, adsorption, or a combination of the two processes.
- sorbite — a hexahydric alcohol
- sordino — mute (def 10).
- soredia — a group of algal cells surrounded by hyphal tissue, occurring on the surface of the thallus and functioning in vegetative reproduction.
- sorites — a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.