7-letter words containing o, h, r, i
- 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.
- jericho — an ancient city of Palestine, N of the Dead Sea, formerly in W Jordan; occupied by Israel 1967–94; since 1994 under Palestinian self-rule.
- kachori — An Indian snack of flour with beans and spices.
- karoshi — (in Japan) death caused by overwork
- kushiro — a city in SE Hokkaido, Japan.
- lothair — ("the Saxon") c1070–1137, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of the Germans 1125–37.
- microhm — Alternative spelling of micro-ohm.
- moither — (Yorkshire, dialect) to bother or harass.
- moorish — of or relating to the Moors, a Muslim people of NW Africa.
- moreish — (informal, of food) Causing one to want to have more.
- morphia — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- morphic — Linguistics. a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment. Compare allomorph (def 2).
- mothier — Comparative form of mothy.
- 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.
- norwich — a city in E Norfolk, in E England: cathedral.
- 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).
- ochring — to color or mark with ocher.
- ochroid — yellow as ocher.
- ogreish — a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous person.
- ophiura — a sea creature, similar to a starfish, of the Ophiuridae family
- orchids — Plural form of orchid.
- orchils — Plural form of orchil.
- orphism — the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
- orthian — having a high pitch
- 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.
- outhire — to hire out
- overhit — to hit too hard or too far, as in tennis.
- pibroch — (in the Scottish Highlands) a piece of music for the bagpipe, consisting of a series of variations on a basic theme, usually martial in character, but sometimes used as a dirge.
- pochoir — a print made from stencils
- poorish — somewhat poor; rather poor.
- powhiri — a Māori ceremony of welcome, esp to a marae
- rhizoid — rootlike.
- rhizome — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- rhodian — of or relating to the island Rhodes.
- rhodium — a silvery-white metallic element of the platinum family, forming salts that give rose-colored solutions: used to electroplate microscopes and instrument parts to prevent corrosion. Symbol: Rh; atomic weight: 102.905; atomic number: 45; specific gravity: 12.5 at 20°C.
- rhombic — having the form of a rhombus.
- rhonchi — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
- rimshot — the deliberate simultaneous striking of the head and the rim of a drum
- roerich — Nicholas Konstantinovich [nik-uh-luh s kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk ə ləs ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1947, Russian painter, archaeologist, and author; in the U.S. after 1920.
- roguish — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- rompish — given to romping; frolicsome.
- rookish — resembling a rook
- rosehip — hip2 .
- roughie — a small food fish of the family Arripididae, found in southern and western Australian waters
- rouhani — Hassan (hæˈsɑːn). born 1948, Iranian politician; president of Iran from 2013
- routhie — abundant, plentiful, or well filled
- shapiro — Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.