7-letter words containing o, s, i, r
- soritic — a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
- sorokin — Pitirim Alexandrovitch [pi-ti-reem al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian pyi-tyi-ryeem uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /pɪ tɪˈrim ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian pyɪ tyɪˈryim ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1889–1968, U.S. sociologist, born in Russia.
- sorosis — a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.
- sorrier — feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
- sorrily — feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.
- sorting — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- souring — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
- sparoid — resembling or pertaining to the porgy family, Sparidae.
- spiroid — more or less spiral; resembling a spiral.
- spoiler — a person or thing that spoils.
- sporing — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sporoid — of or like a spore
- sportif — sporty
- steroid — any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- stoiter — a lurch or unsteady movement, a stumble
- storied — having stories or floors (often used in combination): a two-storied house.
- stories — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- storing — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stridor — a harsh, grating, or creaking sound.
- strimon — Struma
- strobic — spinning or appearing to spin
- strozzi — Bernardo [ber-nahr-daw] /bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), (I"Il Cappuccino") 1581–1644, Italian painter and engraver.
- tersion — the action of rubbing off or wiping
- torpids — a series of boat races held at Oxford University
- torsion — the act of twisting.
- torsive — twisted
- toryish — of, relating to, or resembling a Tory.
- toryism — the act or fact of being a Tory.
- tourism — the activity or practice of touring, especially for pleasure.
- tourist — a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure.
- travois — a transport device, formerly used by the Plains Indians, consisting of two poles joined by a frame and drawn by an animal.
- treviso — a city in NE Italy.
- triones — the seven principal stars of the constellation Ursa Major
- trisome — a trisomic individual.
- trisomy — an abnormality characterized by the presence of an additional chromosome to the normal diploid number.
- troilus — a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- tropics — The tropics are the parts of the world that lie between two lines of latitude, the tropic of Cancer, 23½° north of the equator, and the tropic of Capricorn, 23½° south of the equator.
- tropism — an orientation of an organism to an external stimulus, as light, especially by growth rather than by movement.
- tropist — someone who uses tropes
- tsouris — trouble; woe.
- twistor — a complex variable corresponding to the coordinates of a point in space and time
- unvisor — to remove a visor from
- urinous — of, pertaining to, resembling, or having the odor or qualities of urine.
- various — of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- verismo — the use of everyday life and actions in artistic works: introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions, which were seen as artificial and untruthful.
- version — a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account: two different versions of the accident.
- vigours — active strength or force.
- virions — the infectious form of a virus as it exists outside the host cell, consisting of a nucleic acid core, a protein coat, and, in some species, an external envelope.
- virosis — infection with a virus.
- visitor — a person who visits, as for reasons of friendship, business, duty, travel, or the like.