6-letter words containing r, i, o
- lorrie — a female given name, form of Laura.
- lourie — Any of several species of the family Musophagidae.
- mainor — (legal, UK, obsolete) A stolen article found on the person of the thief.
- manoir — A type of manor or country house.
- marino — Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- marion — Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- maroni — a river in N South America, forming the border between French Guiana and Suriname, flowing N to the Atlantic Ocean: upper course called the Itany. 450 miles (724 km) long.
- memoir — a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
- merino — (often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- micro- — prefix
- micron — Micron Electronics, Inc.
- micros — Plural form of micro.
- mikron — micron.
- milord — an English nobleman or gentleman (usually used as a term of address).
- minors — Plural form of minor.
- minour — Obsolete form of minor.
- mirror — any reflecting surface, as the surface of calm water under certain lighting conditions.
- mohair — the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- moider — (intransitive) to toil.
- moiler — to work hard; drudge.
- moirai — Classical Mythology. the personification of fate. Moirai, the Fates.
- moiser — a person who informs or betrays
- momoir — (North America) A memoir written by or about a mother.
- mopier — mopey.
- morbid — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- moriah — a mountainous region in S Palestine, where Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Gen. 22:3.
- morice — (obsolete) A morris dance.
- morike — Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1804–75, German poet.
- moring — Present participle of more.
- morini — Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- morion — a variety of smoky quartz of a dark-brown or nearly black color.
- morish — Alternative spelling of moreish.
- moritz — Maurice (def 1).
- morkin — an animal that died in an accident or from a disease
- moroni — Federal and Islamic Republic of the, a republic comprising three of the Comoro Islands (Grand Comoro, Mohéli, and Anjouan): a former overseas territory of France; declared independence 1975. 719 sq. mi. (1862 sq. km). Capital: Moroni.
- morris — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- motril — a town in S Spain: resort center.
- neibor — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- neroli — An essential oil distilled from the flowers of the Seville orange, used in perfumery.
- nimrod — the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- nitro- — Nitro- combines with nouns to form other nouns referring to things which contain nitrogen and oxygen.
- nitros — Chemistry. containing the nitro group.
- nitrox — a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen used by divers
- no sir — expressing polite negation
- nonair — Not of or relating to air.
- noraid — an American organization that supports the Republicans in Northern Ireland
- nordic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a Germanic people of northern European origin, exemplified by the Scandinavians.
- norias — Plural form of noria.
- norice — Obsolete form of nurse.
- norite — a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.