7-letter words containing r, o, s
- rossiya — Russian name of Russia.
- rostand — Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- rostock — a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic.
- rostral — of or relating to a rostrum.
- rostrum — any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.
- roswell — a city in SE New Mexico.
- roulers — a city in NW Belgium: battles 1914, 1918.
- rousant — rising
- rousing — exciting; stirring: a rousing song.
- roussel — Albert (Charles Paul Mari) [al-ber sharl pawl ma-ree] /alˈbɛr ʃarl pɔl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, French composer.
- rouster — roustabout (def 1).
- royster — roister.
- rubious — being of the color of a ruby; ruby-colored.
- ruinous — bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
- rustout — rust-through.
- rzeszow — a city in SE Poland.
- sadiron — Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- saffron — Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
- safrole — a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 1 0 H 1 0 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- sag rod — (in a roof) a rod for preventing the sagging of an open-web steel joist that is used as a purlin with its depth at right angles to a roof slope.
- saguaro — a tall, horizontally branched cactus, Carnegiea (or Cereus) gigantea, of Arizona and neighboring regions, yielding a useful wood and bearing an edible fruit: still locally common, though some populations have been reduced.
- salerno — a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- salford — a city in Greater Manchester, in N England.
- samovar — a metal urn, used especially by Russians for heating water for making tea.
- sanborn — a male given name.
- sandron — a male given name, form of Sandro.
- sanford — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska. 16,208 feet (4,940 meters).
- santero — a priest of Santería.
- santoor — any of several types of dulcimer of Persian origin, usually trapezoidal in shape, played mainly in India, the Middle East, and Turkey
- sapporo — a city on W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- saprobe — saprophyte.
- saratov — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- sarcode — protoplasm, especially the semifluid content of a protozoan.
- sarcoid — a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- sarcoma — any of various malignant tumors composed of neoplastic cells resembling embryonic connective tissue.
- sarcous — consisting of or pertaining to flesh or skeletal muscle.
- sarkozy — Nicolas (niːkɒˌlaː). born 1955, French centre-right politician, president of France from 2007 to 2012
- sarnoff — David, 1891–1971, U.S. businessman and broadcasting executive, born in Russia.
- saroyan — William, 1908–81, U.S. dramatist, short-story writer, and novelist.
- sauroid — a type of fish
- sautoir — a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- saviour — a person who saves, rescues, or delivers: the savior of the country.
- savored — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- savoury — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- saxhorn — any of a family of brass instruments close to the cornets and tubas.
- scarron — Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1610–60, French novelist, dramatist, and poet.
- scherbo — Vitaly [vee-tah-li] /viˈtɑ lɪ/ (Show IPA), born 1972, Belarusian gymnast.
- scherzo — a movement or passage of light or playful character, especially as the second or third movement of a sonata or a symphony.
- schnorr — to obtain something or try to obtain something by begging or persuasion
- scholar — a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.