6-letter words containing r, i, o
- inform — to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
- ingrow — To grow in; grow inwardly.
- inorg. — inorganic
- inpour — (transitive, archaic) To pour in.
- inroad — a damaging or serious encroachment: inroads on our savings.
- inroll — Obsolete form of enroll.
- intort — To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe, wind, or wring.
- intro- — in, into, or inward
- intron — a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- intros — Plural form of intro.
- inwork — to work or produce (a result) in
- inworn — inwrought or worn in
- ionarc — Indian Ocean National Association for Regional Cooperation
- ireton — Henry. 1611–51, English Parliamentarian general in the Civil War; son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell. His plan for a constitutional monarchy was rejected by Charles I (1647), whose death warrant he signed; lord deputy of Ireland (1650–51)
- irido- — denoting the iris of the eye or the genus of plants
- irokos — Plural form of iroko.
- ironed — Simple past tense and past participle of iron.
- ironer — a person or thing that irons.
- ironic — using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony: an ironic novel; an ironic remark.
- isidor — a male given name.
- isobar — Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- isomer — Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- isopor — an imaginary line on the earth's surface connecting points of equal annual change in the declination, inclination, or other components of the earth's magnetic field.
- jailor — a person who is in charge of a jail or section of a jail.
- jibaro — an inhabitant of the rural regions of Puerto Rico.
- jivaro — a member of a group of American Indian peoples of eastern Ecuador and northern Peru, formerly renowned for their custom of preserving the hair and shrunken skin from the severed heads of enemies.
- joiner — a person or thing that joins.
- junior — younger (designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr. following the name): May I speak with the junior Mr. Hansen? Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Jr. Compare senior (def 1).
- kairos — A propitious moment for decision or action.
- kerion — (medicine) A response condition to a fungal ringworm infection of the hair follicles of the scalp and beard accompanied by secondary bacterial infection, usually presenting itself as raised, spongy lesions.
- kidron — a ravine E of Jerusalem, leading to the Mount of Olives: traditionally identified by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions as the Valley of Decision, the place of final judgment. Joel 3:2, 12.
- kilroy — a fictitious American male, created by American troops who left the inscription “Kilroy was here” on walls, property, etc., all over the world in the years during and after World War II.
- kokiri — a rough-skinned New Zealand triggerfish, Parika scaber, known also as leatherjacket
- korari — a native New Zealand flax plant, Phormium tenax
- kouroi — a sculptured representation of a young man, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- kuroki — Tamemoto [tah-me-maw-taw] /ˈtɑ mɛˈmɔ tɔ/ (Show IPA), Count, 1844–1923, Japanese general.
- laroid — belonging or relating to gulls or specifically the Larus genus of the gull family
- leloir — Luis Federico [lwees fe-th e-ree-kaw] /lwis ˌfɛ ðɛˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–1987, Argentine biochemist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970.
- lenoir — Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- libero — The rearmost, roaming defensive player in volleyball or soccer.
- lictor — (in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- lienor — (legal) A lienholder.
- liquor — a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
- locris — either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- loiret — a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- loiter — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- lorain — a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- lorica — Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- lories — Plural form of lory.
- loring — a male given name.