7-letter words containing r, i, o
- negrito — a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- negroid — Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- negroni — a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- neibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- neuroid — either of the halves of a neural arch
- nidaros — former name of Trondheim.
- nimrods — Plural form of nimrod.
- niteroi — a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- nitroso — (especially of organic compounds) containing the nitroso group; nitrosyl.
- nitrous — pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- no fair — not according to the rules
- no risk — an expression of assent
- no-iron — requiring no ironing or pressing: a no-iron blouse; no-iron sheets.
- nobbier — Comparative form of nobby.
- nointer — a mischievous child; rascal
- noirish — (film, arts) Having the character of film noir.
- noisier — making much noise: noisy children.
- nombril — the point in an escutcheon between the middle of the base and the fess point.
- nondrip — to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips.
- noniron — drip-dry.
- nonripe — Not ripe.
- nordica — Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- noricum — an ancient Roman province in central Europe, roughly corresponding to the part of Austria south of the Danube.
- noriega — Manuel Antonio, born 1934, military leader of Panama 1983–89: captured by U.S. forces and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking 1992.
- norilsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Asia, near the mouth of the Yenisei River.
- norimon — a type of covered Japanese sedan chair or litter
- noritic — (geology) Relating to, or composed of norite.
- norming — Present participle of norm.
- norrish — Ronald George Wreyford [rey-ferd] /ˈreɪ fərd/ (Show IPA), 1897–1978, British chemist: Nobel prize 1967.
- norwich — a city in E Norfolk, in E England: cathedral.
- nostril — either of the two external openings of the nose.
- notaire — (in France) a public official authorized by the state to attest and certify certain legal documents, oversee property transactions, etc
- noticer — Someone who notices.
- nourice — a nurse.
- nourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- o'brien — Edna, born 1930, Irish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- oarfish — any long, ribbon-shaped, silvery fish of the genus Regalecus, of deep tropical waters, having a red dorsal fin along the spine that rises to a crest, and reaching a length of 30 feet (9 meters).
- oberlin — Jean Frédéric [French zhahn frey-dey-reek] /French ʒɑ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1740–1826, Alsatian clergyman.
- obliger — to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- obligor — a person who is bound to another.
- ocarina — a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- ochring — to color or mark with ocher.
- ochroid — yellow as ocher.
- odorize — to make odorous; add scent to: to odorize natural gas to make leaks detectable.
- off air — operating by means of air pressure or by acting upon air: an air drill; an air pump.
- off-air — not broadcast, but said, played, or happening in a radio or television studio context.
- officer — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- ogonori — An edible seaweed (Gracilaria spp.).
- ogreish — a monstrously ugly, cruel, or barbarous person.
- ogreism — an occurrence of behaviour characteristic of an ogre