8-letter words containing i, s, o, r
- astroids — Plural form of astroid.
- atomiser — Modern commonwealth spelling of 'atomizer'.
- atropism — a condition caused by using atropine over a period of time
- auditors — Plural form of auditor.
- aversion — If you have an aversion to someone or something, you dislike them very much.
- aviators — Plural form of aviator.
- avoiders — Plural form of avoider.
- baronies — Plural form of barony.
- bavarois — Bavarian cream.
- biparous — producing offspring in pairs
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- birdshot — small pellets designed for shooting birds
- birdsong — Birdsong is the sound of a bird or birds calling in a way which sounds musical.
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
- boardies — a pair of board shorts
- boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
- bobruisk — a port in Belarus, on the River Berezina: engineering, timber, tyre manufacturing. Pop: 219 000 (2005 est)
- boiserie — finely-sculptured wood panelling or wainscoating, particularly in 18th-century French architecture
- botrytis — any of a group of fungi of the genus Botrytis, several of which cause plant diseases
- boursier — a foundation level scholar
- bovarism — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- bowsprit — a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel, esp a sailing vessel, used to carry the headstay as far forward as possible
- boyarism — the rule of the boyars
- bozzaris — Marco [mahr-koh] /ˈmɑr koʊ/ (Show IPA), 1788?–1823, Greek patriot.
- bristols — a woman's breasts
- broadish — fairly broad
- broekies — underpants
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- brownish — Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour.
- brownist — a person who supported the principles of church government advocated by Robert Browne and adopted in modified form by the Independents or Congregationalists
- browsing — to eat, nibble at, or feed on (leaves, tender shoots, or other soft vegetation).
- bursicon — a hormone, produced by the insect brain, that regulates processes associated with ecdysis, such as darkening of the cuticle
- byronism — of or relating to Lord Byron.
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- cerritos — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 51,000
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- cheerios — Plural form of cheerio.
- chorisis — the multiplication of botanical elements by branching or splitting
- chorizos — Plural form of chorizo.
- choroids — Plural form of choroid.
- chrismon — the monogram and symbol of Christ's name, also known as chi-rho, derived from the initial two letters of the word Christ in Greek
- chrisoms — Plural form of chrisom.
- christo- — indicating or relating to Christ