7-letter words containing o, r, n
- gramont — Philibert [fee-lee-ber] /fi liˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Comte de, 1621–1707, French courtier, soldier, and adventurer.
- granado — Obsolete form of grenade.
- granjon — a style of type originally cut by the French designer Robert Granjon.
- grannom — a widespread caddis fly, Brachycentrus subnubilus, the larvae of which attach their cases to vegetation under running water and are esteemed as a bait by anglers
- granola — a breakfast food consisting of rolled oats, brown sugar, nuts, dried fruit, etc., usually served with milk.
- grantor — a person or organization that makes a grant.
- grayson — David, pen name of Ray Stannard Baker.
- griffon — griffin1 .
- gringos — Plural form of gringo.
- grisons — 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.
- groaned — Simple past tense and past participle of groan.
- groaner — a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief: the groans of dying soldiers.
- groanes — Plural form of groane.
- groined — (of a vault) formed by the intersection of two barrel vaults, usually with plain groins without ribs.
- gronchi — Giovanni [jaw-vahn-nee] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1887–1978, Italian statesman: president 1955–62.
- groning — Present participle of grone.
- gronked — 1. Broken. "The teletype scanner was gronked, so we took the system down." 2. Of people, the condition of feeling very tired or (less commonly) sick. "I've been chasing that bug for 17 hours now and I am thoroughly gronked!" Compare broken, which means about the same as gronk used of hardware, but connotes depression or mental/emotional problems in people.
- groping — moving or going about clumsily or hesitantly; stumbling.
- grounde — Obsolete spelling of ground.
- grounds — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- grow on — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- growing — becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity: growing discontent among industrial workers.
- grownup — a mature, fully grown person; adult.
- groynes — Plural form of groyne.
- grunion — a small, silvery food fish, Leuresthes tenuis, of southern California, that spawns at high tide in wet sand.
- gryphon — a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.
- guerdon — a reward, recompense, or requital.
- gun for — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- gunport — an aperture, as in a protective wall or the side of a ship, through which a gun can be aimed and fired.
- gunroom — A room used for storing sporting guns in a house.
- gyronic — relating to a gyron
- gyronny — divided into a number of gyrons, usually eight: gyronny of eight.
- hadrons — Plural form of hadron.
- hagborn — born of a hag or witch.
- hamborn — Duisburg.
- hanford — a city in central California.
- hanover — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
- harbona — one of the seven eunuchs who served in the court of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10.
- hard on — an erection of the penis.
- hard-on — an erection of the penis.
- harmony — agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
- harp on — a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- harpoon — a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
- herndon — William Henry, 1818–91, U.S. law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln.
- heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- heronry — a place where a colony of herons breeds.
- hoarsen — (transitive, intransitive) To make or become hoarse.
- homerun — Alternative form of home run.
- honiara — (used with a plural verb) an archipelago in the W Pacific Ocean, E of New Guinea; important World War II battles; politically divided between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
- honkers — Plural form of honker.