7-letter words containing r, o, t, i
- citator — a legal publication listing cases and statutes, their history and current status
- citrons — Plural form of citron.
- cointer — to bury together
- cordite — Cordite is an explosive substance used in guns and bombs.
- corinth — a port in S Greece, in the NE Peloponnese: the modern town is near the site of the ancient city, the largest and richest of the city-states after Athens. Pop (municipality): 36 991 (2001)
- cornist — a person who plays the horn
- cortile — (in Italy) a roofless internal courtyard
- cortina — the weblike part of certain mushrooms, which hangs from the edge of the pileus and consists of silky fibrils
- coterie — A coterie of a particular kind is a small group of people who are close friends or have a common interest, and who do not want other people to join them.
- cottier — (in Ireland) a peasant farming a smallholding under cottier tenure (the holding of not more than half an acre at a rent of not more than five pounds a year)
- cowrite — to write (something) in collaboration with another writer
- croatia — a republic in SE Europe: settled by Croats in the 7th century; belonged successively to Hungary, Turkey, and Austria; formed part of Yugoslavia (1918–91); became independent in 1991 but was invaded by Serbia and fighting continued until 1995; involved in the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (1991–95); joined the European Union in 2013. Language: Croatian. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: kuna. Capital: Zagreb. Pop: 4 475 611 (2013 est). Area: 55 322 sq km (21 359 sq miles)
- crottin — a type of French goat cheese.
- cypriot — Cypriot means belonging or relating to Cyprus, or to its people or culture.
- debitor — the heading written at the top of the debit column in an accounts book
- deorbit — to depart deliberately from orbit, usually to enter a descent phase.
- detroit — a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River: a major Great Lakes port; once the largest car-manufacturing centre in the world. Pop: 911 402 (2003 est)
- diatron — an electrical circuit that uses diodes
- diderot — Denis (dəni). 1713–84, French philosopher, noted particularly for his direction (1745–72) of the great French Encyclopédie
- dilator — Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
- dilutor — a device that dilutes something, such as a fitting on a garden hose or part of an industrial machine
- dinitro — (organic chemistry) Two nitro groups in a chemical compound.
- diopter — Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- dioptra — Alternative form of diopter.
- dioptre — Optics. a unit of measure of the refractive power of a lens, having the dimension of the reciprocal of length and a unit equal to the reciprocal of one meter. Abbreviation: D.
- diorite — a granular igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase feldspar and hornblende.
- disport — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- disroot — to uproot; dislodge.
- distort — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- dortoir — (historical) A bedroom or dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- drop it — stop talking about it
- droukit — drenched; soaked
- editors — Plural form of editor.
- ergotic — Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot.
- 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
- euroist — a person who is enthusiastic about the adoption of the euro as a currency unit
- evictor — One who evicts.
- excitor — a nerve that, when stimulated, causes increased activity in the organ or part it supplies
- faitour — impostor; fake.
- 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.
- firepot — a small clay pot filled with combustible materials, formerly used as a missile
- 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.
- florist — a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.