6-letter words containing n, o, r
- florin — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- fonder — having a liking or affection for (usually followed by of): to be fond of animals.
- fonner — Comparative of fon.
- forend — Part of a rifle, underneath the barrel, where it is supported by the hand.
- forint — an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- forman — Milos [mee-lawsh] /ˈmi lɔʃ/ (Show IPA), (Jan Tomas Forman) born 1932, U.S. film director, born in the former Czechoslovakia.
- fornax — a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Cetus and Phoenix
- forney — a steam locomotive having no front truck, four driving wheels, and a four-wheeled rear truck.
- fornix — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- forren — foreign
- franco — Francisco (Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco-Bahamonde"El Caudillo") 1892–1975, Spanish military leader and dictator: chief of state 1939–47; regent of the kingdom of Spain 1947–75.
- franko — Ivan [ee-vahn] /iˈvɑn/ (Show IPA), 1856–1916, Ukrainian writer.
- fresno — a city in central California.
- fripon — a knave; a rogue
- froing — Only used in toing and froing. present participle of fro.
- fronde — either of two rebellious movements against the ministry of Cardinal Mazarin in the reign of Louis XIV, the first led by the parlement of Paris (1648–49) and the second by the princes (1650–53)
- fronds — Plural form of frond.
- fronts — Plural form of front.
- frownd — Obsolete spelling of frowned.
- frowns — Plural form of frown.
- frozen — past participle of freeze.
- garcon — (usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.
- gardon — A European cyprinoid fish; the id.
- garmon — A kind of smaller Russian button accordion.
- garron — A small, sturdy workhorse of a breed originating in Ireland and Scotland.
- gerona — a city in NE Spain: city walls and 14th-century cathedral; often besieged, in particular by the French (1809). Pop: 81 220 (2003 est)
- geryon — a winged monster with three bodies joined at the waist, killed by Hercules, who stole the monster's cattle as his tenth labour
- gondar — a former kingdom in E Africa: now a province in NW Ethiopia. Capital: Gondar.
- gonder — city in NW Ethiopia: former capital: pop. 88,000
- goners — Plural form of goner (persons who are in a desperate strait or doomed).
- gordon — Charles George ("Chinese Gordon"; "Gordon Pasha") 1833–85, British general: administrator in China and Egypt.
- gorgon — Classical Mythology. any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus.
- gorhen — a female red grouse
- goring — Hermann Wilhelm [her-mahn vil-helm,, hur-muh n-wil-helm;; German her-mahn vil-helm] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm,, ˈhɜr mənˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈhɛr mɑn ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1893–1946, German field marshal and Nazi party leader.
- gorton — John Grey, 1911–2002, Australian political leader: prime minister 1968–71.
- govern — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- grano- — of or resembling granite
- gringo — a term used in Latin America or Spain to refer to a foreigner, especially one of U.S. or British descent (sometimes used facetiously).
- grison — a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- groane — Obsolete spelling of groan.
- groans — Plural form of groan.
- grodno — a city in W Byelorussia (Belarus), on the Niemen River: formerly in Poland.
- groins — Plural form of groin.
- groton — a city in SE Connecticut.
- ground — the act of grinding.
- growan — decomposed granite.
- growen — (obsolete) Past participle of grown.
- grownd — Obsolete spelling of ground.
- groyne — groin (def 4).
- grozny — an autonomous republic of the Russian Federation, in Caucasia. 7350 sq. mi. (19,300 sq. km). Capital: Grozny.