7-letter words containing s, e, r, o
- ordines — Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.
- ordures — Plural form of ordure.
- oreades — Plural form of oread.
- orestes — Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
- Öresund — strait between Sweden and the Danish island of Zealand: c. 80 mi (129 km) long
- orients — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orient.
- orioles — Plural form of oriole.
- orleans — Louis Philippe Joseph [lwee fee-leep zhaw-zef] /lwi fiˈlip ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), Duc (Philippe Égalité) 1747–93, French political leader.
- orogens — an extensive belt of rocks deformed by orogeny, associated in places with plutonic and metamorphic rocks.
- orontes — a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- oropesa — a float used in minesweeping
- orpheus — Greek Legend. a poet and musician, a son of Calliope, who followed his dead wife, Eurydice, to the underworld. By charming Hades, he obtained permission to lead her away, provided he did not look back at her until they returned to earth. But at the last moment he looked, and she was lost to him forever.
- orpines — Plural form of orpine.
- osborne — John (James) 1929–94, English playwright.
- osiered — covered with osiers
- ospreys — Plural form of osprey.
- osseter — a species of Russian sturgeon
- osteria — An Italian restaurant, typically a simple or inexpensive one.
- ourself — Used instead of “ ourselves, ” typically when “ we ” refers to people in general rather than a definite group of people.
- outsert — an additional folded signature or sheet into which another is bound.
- ovaries — Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- oversad — sadder than necessary
- oversaw — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- oversea — over, across, or beyond the sea; abroad: to be sent overseas.
- oversee — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- overset — to upset or overturn; overthrow.
- oversew — to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially closely, so as to cover the edge or make a firm seam.
- oversow — to sow again after first sowing
- oversup — to eat or drink too much
- overuse — to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
- pasmore — Victor. 1908–98, British artist. Originally a figurative painter, he devoted himself to abstract paintings and reliefs after 1947
- pearson — Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- pelorus — a device for measuring in degrees the relative bearings of observed objects.
- penrose — Sir Roger. born 1931, British mathematician and theoretical physicist, noted for his investigation of black holes
- perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- person- — person (of either sex)
- persona — a person.
- persons — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- persson — Göran [yœ-rahn] /ˈyœ rɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1949, prime minister of Sweden 1996–2006.
- petrous — denoting the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- phoresy — (among insects and arachnids) a nonparasitic relationship in which one species is carried about by another.
- plessor — plexor.
- popster — a pop star
- porsena — Lars (lɑːz). 6th century bc, a legendary Etruscan king, alleged to have besieged Rome in a vain attempt to reinstate Tarquinius Superbus on the throne
- postern — a back door or gate.
- posture — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- prepose — to place (a grammatical form) before a related grammatical form: The adverb “out” of “put the light out” is preposed in “put out the light.”.
- preshow — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- presoak — to soak (laundry) in a liquid containing agents that loosen dirt, remove stains, etc., before washing.
- presold — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.