7-letter words containing r, o, c
- nacrous — of or resembling pearl
- narcoma — stupor produced by narcotics.
- narcose — characterized by stupor; stuporous.
- necrose — (intransitive, pathology) To become necrotic.
- netrock — /net'rok/ (IBM) A flame; used especially on VNET, IBM's internal corporate network.
- nocturn — the office of matins, consisting of nine psalms and either three or nine lessons.
- nomarch — the governor of a nome or a nomarchy.
- noncore — Not considered to be essential; expendable.
- 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.
- noritic — (geology) Relating to, or composed of norite.
- norwich — a city in E Norfolk, in E England: cathedral.
- notcher — One who makes notches.
- noticer — Someone who notices.
- nourice — a nurse.
- oarlock — any of various devices providing a pivot for an oar in rowing, especially a swiveling, crutchlike or ringlike metal device projecting above a gunwale.
- obrecht — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1430–1505, Dutch composer and conductor.
- obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- ocarina — a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- occured — Misspelling of occurred.
- ocellar — pertaining to an ocellus.
- ochered — any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- ochring — to color or mark with ocher.
- ochroid — yellow as ocher.
- ochrous — Containing ochre.
- ocreate — having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- octamer — an eight-molecule complex.
- october — the tenth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Oct.
- oculars — Plural form of ocular.
- odoacer — a.d. 434?–493, first barbarian ruler of Italy 476–493.
- 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.
- omicron — the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet (O, o).
- oneiric — of or relating to dreams.
- opercle — an operculum, especially the posterior bone of the operculum of a fish.
- oporice — a former medicine made with wine and autumn fruits
- oraches — Plural form of orache.
- oracles — (especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- orcagna — Andrea (anˈdrɛːa), original name Andrea di Cione. ?1308–68, Florentine painter, sculptor, and architect
- orchard — an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.
- orchids — Plural form of orchid.
- orchils — Plural form of orchil.
- orcinol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- orectic — of or relating to desire; appetitive.
- organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- oriency — the state of having an iridescent lustre
- orifice — an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- orinoco — a river in N South America, flowing N from the border of Brazil, along the E border of Colombia, and NE through Venezuela to the Atlantic. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- oscular — pertaining to an osculum.
- ostraca — (in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- ostrich — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.