7-letter words containing o, i, l, r
- dilator — Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
- dilutor — a device that dilutes something, such as a fitting on a garden hose or part of an industrial machine
- dipolar — Physics, Electricity. a pair of electric point charges or magnetic poles of equal magnitude and opposite signs, separated by an infinitesimal distance.
- dollier — a person who operates a dolly
- embroil — Involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.
- estoril — a resort in W Portugal, near Lisbon, on the Atlantic Ocean: noted esp for a famous avenue of palm trees leading to the seafront. Pop: 23 769 (2001)
- estriol — An estrogen that is one of the metabolic products of estradiol.
- firbolg — any member of the pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland who were defeated by the Tuatha De Danann.
- fjolnir — (language) An Icelandic programming language for the IBM PC from the University of Iceland.
- florida — a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
- florins — Plural form of florin.
- florist — a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- floruit — he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.
- fluoric — Chemistry. pertaining to or obtained from fluorine.
- foilers — Plural form of foiler.
- forelie — to lie in front of
- frolick — Archaic form of frolic.
- frolics — Plural form of frolic.
- garboil — confusion.
- girasol — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- girosol — girasol.
- gloriam — for glory.
- gloried — Simple past tense and past participle of glory.
- glories — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glory.
- glorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- godlier — Comparative form of godly.
- goliard — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
- gomeril — a fool.
- goneril — (in Shakespeare's King Lear) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.
- gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
- gorlitz — a city in E Germany, on the Neisse River, at the Polish boundary.
- grolier — pertaining to a decorative design (Grolier design) in bookbinding, consisting of bands interlaced in geometric forms.
- gwalior — a former state in central India, now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- hoarily — In a hoary manner.
- horsily — in a horsy manner.
- immoral — violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- implore — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- jollier — a person who jollies, especially a person who uses teasing flattery in order to gain a desired aim.
- jowlier — Comparative form of jowly.
- kilgore — a city in NE Texas.
- kilobar — a unit of pressure, equal to 1000 bars (14,500 pounds per square inch; equivalent to 100 megapascals). Abbreviation: kb.
- kilorad — one thousand rads
- labroid — any percoid fish of the family Labridae (wrasses)
- leofric — died 1057, earl of Mercia c1030–57 (husband of Lady Godiva).
- leporid — an animal of the family Leporidae, comprising the rabbits and hares.
- liberos — Plural form of libero.
- lictors — Plural form of lictor.
- lienors — Plural form of lienor.
- lifford — the county town of Donegal, Republic of Ireland; market town. Pop: 1395 (2002)
- ligroin — a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons that boils at from 20°C to 135°C, obtained from petroleum by distillation and used as a solvent.