7-letter words containing IO
Embark on an exploration of 7-letter words that contain the letter IO. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate IO within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| serious | 7 | appealing to the mind | a serious book |
| million | 9 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros | - |
| station | 7 | assign to a station | - |
| mission | 9 | a group of representatives or delegates | - |
| mention | 9 | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | the article includes mention of similar clinical cases |
| opinion | 9 | the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) | - |
| obvious | 12 | easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind | obvious errors |
| section | 9 | a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) | he always turns first to the business section |
| passion | 9 | any object of warm affection or devotion | he has a passion for cock fighting |
| curious | 9 | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | a curious hybrid accent |
| billion | 9 | the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros | - |
| fashion | 13 | make out of components (often in an improvising manner) | She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks |
| violent | 10 | characterized by violence or bloodshed | - |
| warrior | 10 | someone engaged in or experienced in warfare | - |
| version | 10 | a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language | - |
| session | 7 | a meeting of spiritualists | - |
| various | 10 | distinctly dissimilar or unlike | animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth |
| tension | 7 | the physical condition of being stretched or strained | it places great tension on the leg muscles |
| emotion | 9 | any strong feeling | - |
| anxious | 14 | eagerly desirous | anxious to see the new show at the museum |
| fiction | 12 | a deliberately false or improbable account | - |
| furious | 10 | marked by extreme and violent energy | a furious battle |
| mansion | 9 | a large and imposing house | - |
| pension | 9 | grant a pension to | - |
| vicious | 12 | having the nature of vice | - |
| reunion | 7 | the act of coming together again | - |
| auction | 9 | sell at an auction | - |
| biology | 13 | the science that studies living organisms | - |
| edition | 8 | something a little different from others of the same type | the boy is a younger edition of his father |
| portion | 9 | an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal | his portion was larger than hers |
| tuition | 7 | a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education) | tuition and room and board were more than $25,000 |
| caution | 9 | the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger | a man of caution |
| idiotic | 10 | insanely irresponsible | an idiotic idea |
| patriot | 9 | one who loves and defends his or her country | - |
| dioxide | 16 | an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule | - |
| saviour | 10 | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) | - |
| envious | 10 | showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages | envious of their art collection |
| violate | 10 | fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns | This sentence violates the rules of syntax |
| pioneer | 9 | take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of | This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants |
| cushion | 12 | a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses | - |
| rations | 7 | - | - |
| tedious | 8 | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | tedious days on the train |
| suction | 9 | the act of sucking | - |
| chariot | 12 | a light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage | - |
| dubious | 10 | open to doubt or suspicion | he has a dubious record indeed |
| cheerio | 12 | a farewell remark | - |
| faction | 12 | a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | - |
| devious | 11 | indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading | used devious means to achieve success |
| notions | 7 | - | - |
| ravioli | 10 | small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings | - |
| erosion | 7 | (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) | - |
| evasion | 10 | the deliberate act of failing to pay money | his evasion of all his creditors |
| ovation | 10 | enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause) | - |
| lioness | 7 | a female lion | - |
| diocese | 10 | the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop | - |
| zillion | 16 | a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | - |
| rioting | 8 | a state of disorder involving group violence | - |
| caption | 11 | brief description accompanying an illustration | - |
| mafioso | 12 | a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States | - |
| elation | 7 | a feeling of joy and pride | - |
| carrion | 9 | the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food | - |
| bullion | 9 | a mass of precious metal | - |
| bastion | 9 | a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle | - |
| diction | 10 | the manner in which something is expressed in words | - |
| noxious | 14 | injurious to physical or mental health | noxious chemical wastes |
| radioed | 9 | - | - |
| signior | 8 | used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately | - |
| tapioca | 11 | granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings | - |
| fission | 10 | a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy | - |
| biotech | 14 | the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes | biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem |
| unction | 9 | excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm | - |
| clarion | 9 | a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone | - |
| copious | 11 | affording an abundant supply | copious provisions |
| barrios | 9 | - | - |
| riotous | 7 | characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | riotous times |
| impious | 11 | lacking due respect or dutifulness | impious toward one's parents |
| pillion | 9 | a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc. | - |
| diorama | 10 | a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene | - |
| vitriol | 10 | (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry | - |
| bilious | 9 | suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | - |
| campion | 13 | any plant of the genus Silene | - |
| biomass | 11 | plant materials and animal waste used as fuel | - |
| brioche | 14 | a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet | - |
| carioca | 11 | a lively ballroom dance that resembles the samba | - |
| oration | 7 | an instance of oratory | he delivered an oration on the decline of family values |
| biochip | 16 | a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment | - |
| hellion | 10 | a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man) | he chased the young hellions out of his yard |
| ionized | 17 | converted totally or partly into ions | - |
| elusion | 7 | the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) | - |
| moviola | 12 | - | - |
| piously | 12 | in a devout and pious manner | - |
| diorite | 8 | a granular crystalline intrusive rock | - |
| torsion | 7 | a twisting force | - |
| lionize | 16 | assign great social importance to | The tenor was lionized in Vienna |
| meiosis | 9 | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) | - |
| jillion | 14 | a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | - |
| criollo | 9 | a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish) | Mexico is a country of mestizos, criollos, and indigenes |
| coition | 9 | sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | - |
| biotite | 9 | dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock | - |
| bionics | 11 | application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems) | - |
| carious | 9 | (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay | - |
| flexion | 17 | act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased | - |
| furioso | 10 | - | - |
| ionizer | 16 | - | - |
| mullion | 9 | a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen) | - |
| plosion | 9 | the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant | - |
| sanious | 7 | of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies | the sanious discharge from an ulcer |
| saviors | 10 | - | - |
| scolion | 9 | a song (sometimes improvised) sung by guests at a banquet | - |
| sciolto | 9 | - | - |
| senecio | 9 | enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds | - |
| seniors | 7 | - | - |
| sepiost | 9 | - | - |
| semeion | 9 | - | - |
| simioid | 10 | - | - |
| simious | 9 | - | - |
| sliotar | 7 | - | - |
| skolion | 11 | - | - |
| solions | 7 | - | - |
| studios | 8 | - | - |
| suasion | 7 | the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action | - |
| talions | 7 | - | - |
| taction | 9 | - | - |
| tampion | 11 | plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture | - |
| symbion | 14 | - | - |
| symbiot | 14 | - | - |
| ronions | 7 | - | - |
| rioters | 7 | - | - |
| riotise | 7 | - | - |
| riotize | 16 | - | - |
| runnion | 7 | - | - |
| rullion | 7 | - | - |
| rosolio | 7 | - | - |
| rubious | 9 | - | - |
| ruction | 9 | the act of making a noisy disturbance | - |
| tompion | 11 | plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture | - |
| tordion | 8 | - | - |
| triodes | 8 | - | - |
| triolet | 7 | - | - |
| triones | 7 | - | - |
| trionym | 12 | - | - |
| trioses | 7 | - | - |
| trioxid | 15 | - | - |
| tenioid | 8 | - | - |
| thiolic | 12 | - | - |
| thionic | 12 | - | - |
| thionin | 10 | - | - |
| thionyl | 13 | - | - |
| tersion | 7 | - | - |
| tercios | 9 | - | - |
| ternion | 7 | the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | - |
| unition | 7 | - | - |
| ustions | 7 | - | - |
| vibrios | 12 | - | - |
| vibrion | 12 | curved rodlike motile bacterium | - |
| violers | 10 | - | - |
| violets | 10 | - | - |
| violins | 10 | - | - |
| violist | 10 | a musician who plays the viola | - |
| violone | 10 | - | - |
| virions | 10 | - | - |
| variola | 10 | a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars | - |
| variole | 10 | - | - |
| wanions | 10 | - | - |
| visions | 10 | - | - |
| turions | 7 | - | - |
| turdion | 8 | - | - |
| ultions | 7 | - | - |
| aeradio | 8 | - | - |
| adioses | 8 | - | - |
| cardios | 10 | - | - |
| biobank | 15 | - | - |
| bioplay | 14 | - | - |
| petitio | 9 | the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question | - |
| radioes | 8 | - | - |
| piopios | 11 | - | - |
| stellio | 7 | - | - |
| sicario | 9 | - | - |
| skiorer | 11 | - | - |
| segugio | 9 | - | - |
| vidiots | 11 | - | - |
| vitious | 10 | - | - |
| wannion | 10 | - | - |
| ariosos | 7 | - | - |
| arborio | 9 | - | - |
| avionic | 12 | of or relating to avionics | - |
| aziones | 16 | - | - |
| basions | 9 | - | - |
| badious | 10 | - | - |
| bagnios | 10 | - | - |
| baguios | 10 | - | - |
| biocide | 12 | - | - |
| biodata | 10 | - | - |
| biodots | 10 | - | - |
| biofact | 14 | - | - |
| biofilm | 14 | - | - |
| binious | 9 | - | - |
| biofuel | 12 | - | - |
| biogens | 10 | - | - |
| bioptic | 13 | - | - |
| biotics | 11 | - | - |
| biotins | 9 | - | - |
| biotope | 11 | - | - |
| biotron | 9 | - | - |
| biotype | 14 | organisms sharing a specified genotype or the genotype (or peculiarities) so shared | - |
| biopsic | 13 | - | - |
| biopics | 13 | - | - |
| biogeny | 13 | the production of living organisms from other living organisms | - |
| bioherm | 14 | - | - |
| bionomy | 14 | - | - |
| biontic | 11 | - | - |
| biophor | 14 | - | - |
| bivious | 12 | - | - |
| braccio | 13 | - | - |
| cabrios | 11 | - | - |
| bunions | 9 | - | - |
| cantion | 9 | - | - |
| camions | 11 | - | - |
| cesious | 9 | - | - |
| cession | 9 | the act of ceding | - |
| cariole | 9 | - | - |
| cariose | 9 | - | - |
| cations | 9 | - | - |
| cheviot | 15 | hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick wool | - |
| chilioi | 12 | - | - |
| alerion | 7 | - | - |
| alation | 7 | - | - |
| angioma | 10 | a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels | - |
| anionic | 9 | a class of synthetic detergents in which the molecules do not ionize in aqueous solutions | - |
| antlion | 7 | the larva of any of several insects | - |
| amnions | 9 | - | - |
| amniote | 9 | any member of the Amniota | - |
| amation | 9 | - | - |
| amotion | 9 | - | - |
| folioed | 11 | - | - |
| foliole | 10 | - | - |
| foliose | 10 | bearing numerous leaves | - |
| folious | 10 | - | - |
| fluxion | 17 | a flow or discharge | - |
| franion | 10 | - | - |
| gabions | 10 | - | - |
| fusions | 10 | - | - |
| fushion | 13 | - | - |
| galliot | 8 | - | - |
| galiots | 8 | - | - |
| giocoso | 10 | - | - |
| gillion | 8 | - | - |
| gorgios | 9 | - | - |
| gliosis | 8 | - | - |
| gliomas | 10 | - | - |
| glioses | 8 | - | - |
| gobioid | 11 | - | - |
| grunion | 8 | - | - |
| hallion | 10 | - | - |
| heriots | 10 | - | - |
| hemiola | 12 | - | - |
| hemione | 12 | - | - |
| haviors | 13 | - | - |
| haviour | 13 | - | - |
| histrio | 10 | - | - |
| idiotcy | 13 | - | - |
| iodiser | 8 | - | - |
| ioniums | 9 | - | - |
| ionizes | 16 | - | - |
| ionogen | 8 | - | - |
| ionomer | 9 | - | - |
| ionones | 7 | - | - |
| ionises | 7 | - | - |
| ioniser | 7 | - | - |
| iodises | 8 | - | - |
| iodisms | 10 | - | - |
| iodized | 18 | treated with iodine | iodized salt |
| iodizer | 17 | - | - |
| iodizes | 17 | - | - |
| ioduret | 8 | - | - |
| iolites | 7 | - | - |
| ionised | 8 | converted totally or partly into ions | - |
| iodised | 9 | treated with iodine | - |
| invious | 10 | - | - |
| iodated | 9 | - | - |
| iodates | 8 | - | - |
| iodides | 9 | - | - |
| iodines | 8 | - | - |
| fermion | 12 | any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle | - |
| fanions | 10 | - | - |
| fiorins | 10 | - | - |
| lection | 9 | - | - |
| lampion | 11 | - | - |
| lioncel | 9 | - | - |
| lionels | 7 | - | - |
| lionets | 7 | - | - |
| lionise | 7 | assign great social importance to | - |
| lionism | 9 | - | - |
| liriope | 9 | sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf | - |
| lesions | 7 | - | - |
| legions | 8 | - | - |
| loriots | 7 | - | - |
| lotions | 7 | - | - |
| logions | 8 | - | - |
| maniocs | 11 | - | - |
| manioca | 11 | a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics | - |
| mandioc | 12 | cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca | - |
| mafiosi | 12 | - | - |
| miction | 11 | - | - |
| meioses | 9 | - | - |
| meiotic | 11 | of or relating to meiosis | - |
| mersion | 9 | - | - |
| mixtion | 16 | - | - |
| modioli | 10 | - | - |
| miocene | 11 | from 25 million to 13 million years ago; appearance of grazing mammals | - |
| miombos | 13 | - | - |
| miotics | 11 | - | - |
| minions | 9 | - | - |
| motions | 9 | - | - |
| morrion | 9 | - | - |
| morions | 9 | - | - |
| nations | 7 | - | - |
| nasions | 7 | - | - |
| munnion | 9 | - | - |
| murrion | 9 | - | - |
| nimious | 9 | - | - |
| niobate | 9 | - | - |
| niobite | 9 | a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum | - |
| niobium | 11 | a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium | - |
| niobous | 9 | - | - |
| nuncios | 9 | - | - |
| obelion | 9 | the craniometric point on the sagittal suture near the lamboid suture | - |
| juniors | 14 | - | - |
| kations | 11 | - | - |
| papilio | 11 | - | - |
| paiocke | 15 | - | - |
| paiocks | 15 | - | - |
| paction | 11 | - | - |
| paviors | 12 | - | - |
| paviour | 12 | a machine for laying pavement | - |
| petiole | 9 | the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf | - |
| physios | 15 | - | - |
| periost | 9 | - | - |
| pereion | 9 | - | - |
| periods | 10 | - | - |
| pioneys | 12 | - | - |
| pionies | 9 | - | - |
| pioning | 10 | - | - |
| piosity | 12 | - | - |
| pioners | 9 | - | - |
| piolets | 9 | - | - |
| pinions | 9 | - | - |
| pompion | 13 | - | - |
| plerion | 9 | - | - |
| potions | 9 | - | - |
| psionic | 11 | - | - |
| pterion | 9 | the craniometric point in the region of the sphenoid fontanelle | - |
| preriot | 9 | - | - |
| priorly | 12 | - | - |
| pulsion | 9 | - | - |
| pumpion | 13 | - | - |
| rampion | 11 | bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad | - |
| rection | 9 | - | - |
| regions | 8 | - | - |
| opioids | 10 | - | - |
| options | 9 | - | - |
| orarion | 7 | - | - |
| orioles | 7 | - | - |
| osmious | 9 | - | - |
| oidioid | 9 | - | - |
| onioned | 8 | - | - |
| ostiole | 7 | a small pore especially one in the reproductive bodies of certain algae and fungi through which spores pass | - |
| corious | 9 | - | - |
| crioses | 9 | - | - |
| curiosa | 9 | books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica) | - |
| cullion | 9 | - | - |
| dariole | 8 | - | - |
| daimios | 10 | - | - |
| dioptre | 10 | a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters; used by oculists | - |
| diorism | 10 | - | - |
| dioxane | 15 | - | - |
| dioxans | 15 | - | - |
| dioxids | 16 | - | - |
| diopter | 10 | a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters; used by oculists | - |
| diobols | 10 | - | - |
| dioxins | 15 | - | - |
| dithiol | 11 | - | - |
| doppios | 12 | - | - |
| ebriose | 9 | - | - |
| dupions | 10 | - | - |
| durions | 8 | - | - |
| enation | 7 | line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | - |
| emption | 11 | - | - |
| elision | 7 | a deliberate act of omission | - |
| elution | 7 | the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions | - |
| erasion | 7 | - | - |
| eobiont | 9 | - | - |
| exomion | 16 | - | - |
| etiolin | 7 | - | - |
| ethions | 10 | - | - |
| ethiops | 12 | - | - |
| estriol | 7 | a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency | - |
| etaerio | 7 | - | - |
| chorion | 12 | the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) | - |
| coction | 11 | - | - |
| abusion | 9 | - | - |
| abioses | 9 | - | - |
| abiosis | 9 | - | - |
| abiotic | 11 | - | - |
| achiote | 12 | - | - |
| actions | 9 | - | - |
| adagios | 9 | - | - |
