7-letter words containing io
- io moth — a showy, yellow moth, Automeris io, of North America, having a prominent pink and bluish eyespot on each hind wing.
- iobates — a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- iodates — Plural form of iodate.
- iodides — Plural form of iodide.
- iodised — Simple past tense and past participle of iodise.
- iodized — Treated with iodine or an iodide.
- ioduret — iodide
- ionesco — Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- ionised — to separate or change into ions.
- ioniser — Alternative spelling of ionizer.
- ionises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ionise.
- ionized — Simple past tense and past participle of ionize.
- ionizer — to separate or change into ions.
- ionizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ionize.
- ionogen — any substance capable of producing ions, as an electrolyte.
- ionomer — any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- iration — (Rastafari) creation.
- jillion — an indefinitely vast number; zillion.
- jubious — Eye dialect dubious.
- juniors — Plural form of junior.
- kellion — a small community of monks.
- lampion — a small lamp, especially a small oil lamp with a tinted glass chimney, formerly very popular as a source of illumination on carriages.
- lection — a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- legions — Plural form of legion.
- lesions — Plural form of lesion.
- lioncel — a lion: so called when three or more are displayed on an escutcheon.
- lioness — a female lion.
- lionise — to treat (a person) as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet.
- lionism — a lion-like appearance of the skin on the face, caused by leprosy
- lionize — to treat (a person) as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet.
- liriope — any of several plants belonging to the genus Liriope, of the lily family, having tufted, grasslike leaves and clusters of small bluish or white flowers.
- lotions — Plural form of lotion.
- mafiosi — a member of a Mafia or of a mafia.
- mafioso — a member of a Mafia or of a mafia.
- mandioc — (obsolete) manioc.
- mansion — a very large, impressive, or stately residence.
- marcion — a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- meiosis — Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid. Compare mitosis.
- meiotic — Of or pertaining to meiosis.
- mention — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- mersion — an immersion or act of dipping in water, esp as a baptism
- miction — urination
- million — a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
- minions — Plural form of minion.
- miocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, occurring from 25 to 10 million years ago, when grazing mammals became widespread.
- mission — a city in S Texas.
- mixtion — the act of blending or amalgamating or the state of being blended or amalgamated
- monnion — spaulder.
- morioka — a city in N Honshu, Japan, on the Kitakami River.
- moriori — a Polynesian people of New Zealand, esp of the Chatham Islands, closely related to the mainland Māori: now racially intermixed