7-letter words containing r, i, o
- heroise — to make a hero of: a war film that heroizes the warrior.
- heroism — the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine: He showed great heroism in battle.
- heroize — to make a hero of: a war film that heroizes the warrior.
- herriot — Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1872–1957, French statesman, political leader, and author.
- hickory — any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Carya, of the walnut family, certain species of which bear edible nuts or yield a valuable wood. Compare pecan, shagbark.
- history — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- histrio — a stage actor
- hoarier — Comparative form of hoary.
- hoarily — In a hoary manner.
- hoister — to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- honiara — (used with a plural verb) an archipelago in the W Pacific Ocean, E of New Guinea; important World War II battles; politically divided between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
- hookier — Comparative form of hooky.
- hoosier — a native or inhabitant of Indiana (used as a nickname).
- horatio — a male given name.
- hordein — a simple protein of the prolamin class, found in barley grain.
- hording — a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.
- horison — Obsolete spelling of horizon.
- horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
- horn in — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hornies — Satan.
- horning — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hornish — Somewhat like horn; hard.
- hornist — Someone who plays the horn (the musical instrument).
- hornito — a low oven-shaped mound of congealed lava, common in some volcanic districts, emitting hot smoke and vapors in the final stages of activity.
- horrify — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- horsily — in a horsy manner.
- horsing — Present participle of horse.
- hosiers — Plural form of hosier.
- hosiery — stockings or socks of any kind.
- hot air — empty, exaggerated, or pretentious talk or writing: His report on the company's progress was just so much hot air.
- hotwire — Alternative spelling of hot-wire.
- humidor — a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist.
- hydroid — noting or pertaining to that form of hydrozoan that is asexual and grows into branching colonies by budding.
- ideator — One who ideates; one who holds or generates an idea, or synthesizes a concept.
- ignitor — Alternative spelling of igniter.
- ignored — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- ignorer — One who ignores.
- ignores — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ignore.
- imbower — Archaic form of embower.
- immoral — violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- impedor — a component, such as an inductor or resistor, that offers impedance
- implore — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- imports — Plural form of import.
- imposer — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impower — Archaic form of empower.
- improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- inboard — located nearer the longitudinal axis or center, as of an airplane: the inboard section of a wing.
- incisor — any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- incomer — a person who comes in.