7-letter words containing ri
- emperil — Dated form of imperil.
- empiric — A person who, in medicine or other branches of science, relies solely on observation and experiment.
- emporia — Irregular plural form of emporium.
- emprise — (archaic) An enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure.
- enprint — (photography) A moderately enlarged print made from a relatively small (e.g. 35 mm) negative.
- enright — D(ennis) J(oseph). 1920–2002, British poet, essayist, and editor
- enripen — (transitive, archaic) To ripen; develop from incipiency to maturity; bring to perfection.
- enriven — ripped
- enteric — Of, relating to, or occurring in the intestines.
- entries — Plural form of entry.
- entring — Present participle of entre.
- enuring — Present participle of enure.
- epacrid — a type of heath-like plant of the family Epacridaceae
- epacris — (botany) Any of the genus Epacris of shrubs.
- epeiric — in, of, or relating to a continent
- epeirid — a spider of the family Argiopidae
- eretria — an ancient city in Greece, on the S coast of Euboea: founded as an Ionian colony; destroyed by the Persians in 490 bc following which it never regained its former significance
- ericoid — (of leaves) small and tough, resembling those of heather
- ericson — Leif (liːf). 10th–11th centuries ad, Norse navigator, who discovered Vinland (?1000), variously identified as the coast of New England, Labrador, or Newfoundland; son of Eric the Red
- erigena — John Scotus. ?800–?877 ad, Irish Neo-Platonist philosopher
- erinite — (mineral) A hydrous copper arseniate of an emerald-green colour.
- erinyes — Furies
- eristic — Of or characterized by debate or argument.
- eritrea — a small country in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: became an Italian colony in 1890; federated with Ethiopia (1952–93); an independence movement was engaged in war with the Ethiopian government from 1961 until independence was gained in 1993; consists of hot and arid coastal lowlands, rising to the foothills of the Ethiopian highlands. Languages: Tigrinya, Arabic, English, Afar, and others. Religions: Muslim and Christian. Currency: nakfa. Capital: Asmara. Pop: 6 233 682 (2013 est). Area: 117 400 sq km (45 300 sq miles)
- escribe — to draw (a circle) so that it is tangential to one side of a triangle and to the other two sides produced
- eserine — (chemistry) Physostigmine.
- 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)
- estrich — ostrich
- estriol — An estrogen that is one of the metabolic products of estradiol.
- etaerio — (botany) An aggregate fruit of achenes, drupes, or follicles.
- etheric — Of or pertaining to the ether (all-pervading medium).
- etruria — an ancient country of central Italy, between the Rivers Arno and Tiber, roughly corresponding to present-day Tuscany and part of Umbria
- eucrite — a type of stony meteorite
- euripus — a strait or channel with a strong current or tide
- eurisko — (artificial intelligence) A language for "opportunistic programming" written by Doug Lenat in 1978. Eurisko constructs its own methods and modifies its strategies as it tries to solve a problem.
- fabrick — Obsolete form of fabric.
- fabrics — Plural form of fabric.
- fabrile — Pertaining to a workman, or to work done in stone, metal, wood, etc.
- faeries — Plural form of faerie.
- fairier — (in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- fairies — Plural form of fairy.
- fairily — in a manner suggestive of fairies; delicately.
- fairing — Archaic. something that is fair.
- fairish — moderately good, large, or well: a fairish income.
- falerii — an ancient city of S Italy, in Latium: important in pre-Roman times
- falieri — Maríno [Italian mah-ree-naw] /Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1278?–1355, Venetian army commander: doge of Venice 1354–55.
- farinha — Alt form farina.
- farrier — a blacksmith.
- favrile — type of iridescent glass
- fearing — Present participle of fear.