7-letter words containing r, i, o, t
- outfire — (Sussex) A visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.
- outgrin — to exceed in grinning
- outhire — to hire out
- outlier — something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands: The small factory was an outlier, and unproductive, so the corporation sold it off to private owners who were able to make it profitable.
- outride — to outdo or outstrip in riding.
- outring — to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.
- overfit — too fit
- overhit — to hit too hard or too far, as in tennis.
- overtip — to give too much money to (a waiter, etc) as a tip
- parotic — situated about or near the ear.
- parotid — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- parotis — a parotid gland
- patrico — a fraudulent priest
- patriot — a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
- peridot — a green transparent variety of olivine, used as a gem.
- petitor — a seeker; an applicant or candidate.
- piefort — piedfort.
- pierrot — a male character in certain French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing a loose, white, fancy costume.
- pitprop — a support beam in a mine shaft
- pivoter — someone who pivots
- pointer — a person or thing that points.
- poitier — Sidney, born 1927, U.S. actor and director.
- poitrel — a breastplate, specifically of horse's armour
- politer — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- portici — a city in S Italy, on the Bay of Naples.
- portico — a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
- porting — Military. the position of a rifle or other weapon when ported.
- portion — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- preriot — of the period before a riot
- probity — integrity and uprightness; honesty.
- prootic — the prootic bone, which lies in front of the auditory capsule
- prostie — a prostitute.
- proteid — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protein — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protist — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- protium — the lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen. Symbol: H 1.
- pterion — the craniometric point at the side of the sphenoidal fontanelle.
- q-ratio — the ratio of the total market value of a corporation's physical assets, as existing plants and equipment, to the cost of replacing these assets.
- quittor — purulent infection of horses and other hoofed animals, characterized by chronic inflammation of the lateral cartilage of the foot and formation of fistulas that open above the coronet, usually resulting in lameness.
- quoiter — a player of the game quoits
- rainout — a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- rations — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- rection — the determination of the form of one word by the presence of another word in a phrase or sentence
- repoint — to repair the joints of (brickwork, masonry, etc) with mortar or cement
- reposit — to put back; replace.
- retinol — vitamin A.
- ribston — a variety of winter apple, full name ribston pippin apple, grown first in Normandy and imported to Yorkshire
- ribwort — English plantain.
- ricotta — a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- rideout — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.