6-letter words containing n, o, r
- guvnor — Guvnor is sometimes used to refer to or address a man who is in a position of authority over you, for example your employer or father.
- gyrons — Plural form of gyron.
- hadron — any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- hardon — an erection of the penis.
- hebron — an ancient city of Palestine, formerly in W Jordan; occupied by Israel 1967–97; since 1997 under Palestinian self-rule.
- hereon — hereupon.
- hermon — Mount, a mountain in SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon range. 9232 feet (2814 meters).
- heroin — a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
- herons — Plural form of heron.
- heroon — a temple or monument dedicated to a hero
- hieron — (in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place.
- hoenir — a god, one of the Aesir, companion of Odin and Loki, hostage to the Vanir.
- honers — a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- honker — honky.
- honnor — Obsolete form of honor.
- honora — a female given name.
- honors — Plural form of honor.
- honour — to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- horgan — Paul, 1903–95, U.S. novelist and historian.
- hornby — Nick. born 1958, British writer; his books include the memoir Fever Pitch (1992; filmed 1997) and the bestselling novels About a Boy (1998; filmed 2002), How To Be Good (2001), and Juliet, Naked (2009)
- horned — made of horn.
- horner — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- horney — Karen, 1885–1952, U.S. psychiatrist and author, born in Germany.
- hornie — Satan.
- horton — a river in the N Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to Franklin Bay on the Beaufort Sea. 275 miles (443 km) long.
- hrozny — Friedrich [German free-drikh] /German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), or Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1879–1952, Czech archaeologist and orientalist.
- hydron — (chemistry) any hydrogen cation.
- ignaro — an ignoramus
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- ilorin — a town in W central Nigeria.
- in for — about to endure
- inborn — naturally present at birth; innate.
- incorp — incorporated
- indoor — occurring, used, etc., in a house or building, rather than out of doors: indoor games.
- indore — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- inform — to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
- ingrow — To grow in; grow inwardly.
- inorg. — inorganic
- inpour — (transitive, archaic) To pour in.
- inroad — a damaging or serious encroachment: inroads on our savings.
- inroll — Obsolete form of enroll.
- intort — To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe, wind, or wring.
- intro- — in, into, or inward
- intron — a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intros — Plural form of intro.
- inwork — to work or produce (a result) in
- inworn — inwrought or worn in
- ionarc — Indian Ocean National Association for Regional Cooperation
- ireton — Henry. 1611–51, English Parliamentarian general in the Civil War; son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. His plan for a constitutional monarchy was rejected by Charles I (1647), whose death warrant he signed; lord deputy of Ireland (1650–51)