8-letter words containing o, r, i, e
- ergotism — Poisoning produced by eating food affected by ergot, typically resulting in headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and gangrene of the fingers and toes.
- ergotize — to affect with ergot
- ericsson — John1803-89; U.S. naval engineer & inventor, born in Sweden: builder of the Monitor
- erigeron — A widely distributed herbaceous plant of the daisy family, which is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.
- eriksson — Sven-Goran (ˈsfɛnˈɡɜːrən). born 1948, Swedish football manager; honours as a club manager include the UEFA Cup (1982) with Gothenburg, three Portuguese league titles with Benfica (1983, 1984, 1990), and the Italian league with Lazio (2000); head coach of the England national team (2001–06)
- erionite — a common form of zeolite
- erodible — Capable of eroding.
- erosible — able to be eroded
- erosions — Plural form of erosion.
- erotesis — (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby a question is asked in confident expectation of a negative answer.
- erotetic — pertaining to a rhetorical question
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- errorist — One who encourages and propagates error.
- eruption — An act or instance of erupting.
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- esoteric — Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
- essoiner — a person who essoins
- etherion — a gas formerly believed to exist in air
- euphoria — A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- euphoric — Characterized by or feeling intense excitement and happiness.
- europium — The chemical element of atomic number 63, a soft silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series. Europium oxide is used with yttrium oxide as a red phosphor in color television screens.
- eutropic — of, relating to or characterized by eutropy
- eversion — An act of turning inside out.
- evildoer — A person who commits profoundly immoral and malevolent deeds.
- exertion — Physical or mental effort.
- exocrine — Relating to or denoting glands that secrete their products through ducts opening onto an epithelium rather than directly into the bloodstream.
- exoergic — (physics, chemistry) Occurring with the release of energy.
- exorcise — Drive out or attempt to drive out (an evil spirit ) from a person or place.
- exorcism — The expulsion or attempted expulsion of an evil spirit from a person or place.
- exorcist — A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
- exorcize — (transitive) To drive out supposed evil spirits from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.
- exordial — Of or relating to an exordium, beginning or introduction.
- exordium — The beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise.
- exorheic — (of a lake or basin) Externally drained; having one or more outlets.
- exoteric — (especially of a doctrine or mode of speech) intended for or likely to be understood by the general public.
- expiator — One who makes expiation or atonement.
- exterior — Forming, situated on, or relating to the outside of something.
- f region — the ionospheric region in which the F layer forms.
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- fairgoer — a person attending a fair
- farinose — yielding farina.
- favorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- fermions — Plural form of fermion.
- ferocity — a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
- fervidor — Thermidor.
- fiberous — Misspelling of fibrous.
- fillmore — Millard [mil-erd] /ˈmɪl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1800–74, 13th president of the United States 1850–53.
- filmgoer — a person who attends motion-picture showings.
- fire off — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- fire pot — the part of a household furnace in which the fire is made.