7-letter words containing r, i, o
- floruit — he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.
- fluoric — Chemistry. pertaining to or obtained from fluorine.
- foamier — Comparative form of foamy.
- foggier — Comparative form of foggy.
- foilers — Plural form of foiler.
- foister — One who foists; a falsifier.
- foodoir — a book or blog that combines a personal memoir with a series of recipes
- footier — poor; worthless; paltry.
- forbids — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forbid.
- forcing — (of a bid) requiring by convention a response from one’s partner, no matter how weak their hand may be.
- fording — a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- foreign — of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native: foreign cars.
- forelie — to lie in front of
- forfair — to perish
- forfeit — a fine; penalty.
- forging — a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.
- forgive — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- forints — Plural form of forint.
- forking — an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- formica — Formica is a hard plastic that is used for covering surfaces such as kitchen tables or counters.
- forming — Present participle of form.
- forpine — to cause to waste away or pine
- forsaid — Simple past tense and past participle of forsay.
- forseti — the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- fortier — a cardinal number, ten times four.
- forties — a cardinal number, ten times four.
- fortify — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- fortuit — (obsolete) Fortuitous.
- forwiss — Bayerische Forschungszentrum fuer Wissensbasierte Systeme (Bavarian research centre for knowledge-based systems) in Passau.
- foudrie — a foud's district or office
- fourier — François Marie Charles [frahn-swa ma-ree sharl] /frɑ̃ˈswa maˈri ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1772–1837, French socialist, writer, and reformer.
- fourish — (colloquial) Any time close to four o'clock.
- foxfire — organic luminescence, especially from certain fungi on decaying wood.
- franion — a paramour; a lover
- frisson — a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill: The movie offers the viewer the occasional frisson of seeing a character in mortal danger.
- fröding — Gustaf (ˈɡʊstav). 1860–1911, Swedish poet. His popular lyric verse includes the collections Guitar and Concertina (1891), New Poems (1894), and Splashes and Rags (1896)
- frogbit — an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.
- frolick — Archaic form of frolic.
- frolics — Plural form of frolic.
- frontis — the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court. Compare rebote (def 1).
- furioso — forceful; turbulent.
- furious — full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
- garboil — confusion.
- genitor — a parent, especially a father.
- geordie — a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
- georgia — a state in the SE United States. 58,876 sq. mi. (152,489 sq. km). Capital: Atlanta. Abbreviation: GA (for use with zip code), Ga.
- georgic — agricultural.
- giaours — Plural form of giaour.
- girasol — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- gironde — an estuary in SW France, formed by the junction of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers. 45 miles (72 km) long.