7-letter words containing o, r, n
- notwork — (networking, humour) /not'werk/ A network that is performing badly. Said at IBM to have originally referred to a particular period of flakiness on IBM's VNET corporate network ca. 1988; but there are independent reports of the term from elsewhere. The joke sounds better in Russian, where "nyet" means "no", hence nyetwork /nyet'werk/.
- nourice — a nurse.
- nourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- now for — People such as television presenters sometimes use now for when they are going to start talking about a different subject or presenting a new activity.
- nowhere — in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.
- nynorsk — a literary language based on western Norwegian dialects and Old Norse and in 1885 adopted as one of the two official languages of Norway.
- o'brien — Edna, born 1930, Irish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- oarsman — a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- oarsmen — a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- oberlin — Jean Frédéric [French zhahn frey-dey-reek] /French ʒɑ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1740–1826, Alsatian clergyman.
- obregon — Alvaro [ahl-vah-raw] /ˈɑl vɑ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1928, Mexican general and statesman: president 1920–24.
- ocarina — a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- ochring — to color or mark with ocher.
- odorant — an odorous substance or product.
- oftener — More often.
- ogonori — An edible seaweed (Gracilaria spp.).
- omicron — the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- on fire — 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.
- on form — If you say that someone is on form, you think that they are performing their usual activity very well.
- on tour — travelling from place to place
- on-ramp — an entrance lane for traffic from a street to a turnpike or freeway.
- onagers — Plural form of onager.
- onboard — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- oneiric — of or relating to dreams.
- oneiro- — indicating a dream
- onerous — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- onigiri — A rice ball.
- onliner — A person who is online; an Internet user.
- onsager — Lars, 1903–76, U.S. chemist, born in Norway: Nobel prize 1968.
- onshore — onto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water: a breeze blowing onshore.
- ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- onwards — toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- openers — a person or thing that opens.
- operand — a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performed.
- operant — operating; producing effects.
- operons — Plural form of operon.
- oranges — a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
- orangey — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- oranian — Ibero-Maurusian.
- orantes — orant.
- orarian — a person who lives on the coast
- orarion — a stole worn by deacons.
- orating — Present participle of orate.
- oration — a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- orbison — Roy, 1936–88, U.S. rock and roll singer and songwriter.
- orcagna — Andrea (anˈdrɛːa), original name Andrea di Cione. ?1308–68, Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect
- orcinol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- ordains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ordain.
- ordinal — of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
- ordinee — a person who is ordained or who is to be ordained