5-letter words containing r, o
- holer — One which holes, perforates etc.
- homer — 9th-century b.c, Greek epic poet: reputed author of the Iliad and Odyssey.
- honer — a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- honor — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- hoorn — a city in NW Netherlands.
- hoper — the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
- horae — the goddesses of the seasons
- horah — Alternative form of hora.
- horal — of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- horde — a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.
- horeb — a mountain sometimes identified with Mount Sinai.
- horme — activity directed toward a goal; purposive effort.
- horne — Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- horns — Plural form of horn.
- horny — consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- horsa — died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horst — a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- horsy — of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- horta — Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- horus — a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.
- hoser — a person who is considered unintelligent or uncouth, especially a beer-drinking man.
- houre — Obsolete spelling of hour.
- houri — one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
- hours — a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- hover — to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
- hower — a hole.
- hrolf — Rollo (def 1).
- humor — hacker humour
- hurok — Sol(omon) 1888–1974, U.S. impresario, born in Russia.
- huron — a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- hydro — Informal. hydroelectric power.
- ichor — Classical Mythology. an ethereal fluid flowing in the veins of the gods.
- impro — Improv.
- inorb — to enclose in or as if in an orb
- intro — an introduction.
- ircop — (messaging) /*r'-kop/ ("IRC" + "op", but with the, presumably intentional, alternate analysis "IRC" + "cop") Someone who is endowed with privileges on IRC, not limited to a particular channel. These privileges include channel op privileges in any channel, but also notably include the ability to disconnect a user from the IRC network. Ircops are generally people who are in charge of the IRC server at their particular site. Compare op.
- iroko — A hardwood obtained from several African trees of the genus Chlorophora.
- irone — a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- irons — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- irony — the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
- ivory — the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
- ixora — any of numerous tropical shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ixora, of the madder family, having glossy leaves and clusters of showy flowers in a variety of colors.
- jalor — any of a wide variety of East Indian rowing and sailing ships.
- jarmo — a Neolithic village site in northeastern Iraq, dated c6500 b.c. and noted as one of the world's earliest food-producing settlements.
- joker — a person who jokes.
- joram — Alternative spelling of jorum.
- jorts — (plural only) jean shorts, a pair of shorts made from denim (especially, mid-thigh or knee-length).
- jorum — a large bowl or container for holding drink.
- jowar — Alt form jawar.