6-letter words containing r, o, d
- forend — Part of a rifle, underneath the barrel, where it is supported by the hand.
- forged — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
- forked — having a fork or fork-like branches.
- formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- forrad — forward
- forted — Simple past tense and past participle of fort.
- foudre — a large cask for maturing, storing, and transporting wine.
- friode — (humour, electronics) /fri:'ohd/ (TMRC) A reversible (that is, fused, blown, or fried) diode. A friode may have been a SED at some time. See also LER.
- fronde — either of two rebellious movements against the ministry of Cardinal Mazarin in the reign of Louis XIV, the first led by the parlement of Paris (1648–49) and the second by the princes (1650–53)
- fronds — Plural form of frond.
- froude — James Anthony, 1818–94, English historian.
- frownd — Obsolete spelling of frowned.
- gardon — A European cyprinoid fish; the id.
- goader — One who goads.
- godard — Benjamin Louis Paul [bahn-zha-man lwee pawl] /bɑ̃ ʒaˈmɛ̃ lwi pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1849–95, French violinist and composer.
- golder — a precious yellow metallic element, highly malleable and ductile, and not subject to oxidation or corrosion. Symbol: Au; atomic weight: 196.967; atomic number: 79; specific gravity: 19.3 at 20°C.
- gondar — a former kingdom in E Africa: now a province in NW Ethiopia. Capital: Gondar.
- gonder — city in NW Ethiopia: former capital: pop. 88,000
- gooder — (nonstandard, humorous) Comparative form of good.
- gordon — Charles George ("Chinese Gordon"; "Gordon Pasha") 1833–85, British general: administrator in China and Egypt.
- gorged — (of a beast) represented wearing something about the neck in the manner of a collar: a lion gules gorged with a collar or.
- gorked — Heavily sedated; knocked out.
- gormed — to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up): My clothes were gaumed up from that axle grease.
- gourde — a paper money and monetary unit of Haiti, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: G., Gde.
- gourds — Plural form of gourd.
- gourdy — (of horses) swollen-legged
- grodno — a city in W Byelorussia (Belarus), on the Niemen River: formerly in Poland.
- groped — to feel about with the hands; feel one's way: I had to grope around in the darkness before I found the light switch.
- ground — the act of grinding.
- groved — a small wood or forested area, usually with no undergrowth: a grove of pines.
- growed — a simple past tense and past participle of grow.
- grownd — Obsolete spelling of ground.
- gyroid — (mathematics) An infinitely connected periodic minimal surface containing no straight lines.
- hadron — any elementary particle that is subject to the strong interaction. Hadrons are subdivided into baryons and mesons.
- hairdo — the style in which a person's hair is cut, arranged, and worn; coiffure.
- hardon — an erection of the penis.
- harold — Duane, 1925–1996, U.S. artist and sculptor.
- hermod — a son of Odin who rode to Hel to negotiate for the return of Balder to Asgard.
- herold — Louis Joseph [lwee zhaw-zef] /lwi ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1791–1833, French composer.
- hoards — Plural form of hoard.
- hoared — (obsolete) moldy; musty.
- hodder — (obsolete) A coal miner who hauls hods from the workface.
- holard — (dated) The total water content of a sample of soil.
- holder — something that holds or secures: a pencil holder.
- horded — a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.
- hordes — Plural form of horde.
- horned — made of horn.
- horrid — such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- horsed — Simple past tense and past participle of horse.
- hotrod — Alternative spelling of hot rod.