7-letter words containing r, i, o
- editors — Plural form of editor.
- einkorn — A form of wheat, Triticum monococcum, having a single grain.
- embrios — Plural form of embrio.
- embroil — Involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.
- emporia — Irregular plural form of emporium.
- environ — Surround; enclose.
- erasion — The act of erasing; a rubbing out or obliteration.
- ergodic — Relating to or denoting systems or processes with the property that, given sufficient time, they include or impinge on all points in a given space and can be represented statistically by a reasonably large selection of points.
- ergotic — Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot.
- ericoid — (of leaves) small and tough, resembling those of heather
- ericson — Leif (liːf). 10th–11th centuries ad, Norse navigator, who discovered Vinland (?1000), variously identified as the coast of New England, Labrador, or Newfoundland; son of Eric the Red
- eroding — Present participle of erode.
- erodium — (botany) Any of the plant genus Erodium, including filarees and storksbills.
- erosion — The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
- erosive — Of or pertaining to erosion.
- erotica — pornography
- erotism — Sexual desire or excitement; eroticism.
- erotize — to transform into erotic feeling
- estoril — a resort in W Portugal, near Lisbon, on the Atlantic Ocean: noted esp for a famous avenue of palm trees leading to the seafront. Pop: 23 769 (2001)
- estriol — An estrogen that is one of the metabolic products of estradiol.
- etaerio — (botany) An aggregate fruit of achenes, drupes, or follicles.
- étourdi — foolish
- eurisko — (artificial intelligence) A language for "opportunistic programming" written by Doug Lenat in 1978. Eurisko constructs its own methods and modifies its strategies as it tries to solve a problem.
- euroist — a person who is enthusiastic about the adoption of the euro as a currency unit
- evictor — One who evicts.
- excisor — One who excises, especially one who performs female genital cutting.
- excitor — a nerve that, when stimulated, causes increased activity in the organ or part it supplies
- exradio — (obsolete) Radon.
- faitour — impostor; fake.
- fermion — any particle that obeys the exclusion principle and Fermi-Dirac statistics; fermions have spins that are half an odd integer: 1/2, 3/2, 5/2, ….
- fibroid — resembling fiber or fibrous tissue.
- fibroin — an indigestible protein that is a principal component of spider webs and silk.
- fibroma — a tumor consisting essentially of fibrous tissue.
- fibrose — to become fibrous, to form fibrous tissue
- fibrous — containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers.
- figwort — any of numerous tall, usually coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia, having a terminal cluster of small greenish-brown to purplish-brown flowers.
- fiorino — The monetary unit of Tuscany from 1826 to 1859, subdivided into 100 quatrini; a florin.
- firbolg — any member of the pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland who were defeated by the Tuatha De Danann.
- firebox — the box or chamber containing the fire of a steam boiler, furnace, etc.
- firedog — andiron.
- firefox — Red panda.
- firepot — a small clay pot filled with combustible materials, formerly used as a missile
- firwood — the wood of the fir tree
- fitzroy — Augustus Henry, 3rd Duke of Grafton [graf-tuh n,, grahf-] /ˈgræf tən,, ˈgrɑf-/ (Show IPA), 1735–1811, British statesman: prime minister 1768–70.
- fixator — a device incorporating a metal bar and pins that is used in stabilizing difficult bone fractures.
- fjolnir — (language) An Icelandic programming language for the IBM PC from the University of Iceland.
- fjordic — of or pertaining to a fjord, containing fjords
- florida — a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
- florins — Plural form of florin.
- florist — a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.