7-letter words containing r, a
- abraham — the first of the patriarchs, the father of Isaac and the founder of the Hebrew people (Genesis 11–25)
- abrased — Simple past tense and past participle of abrase.
- abraser — a machine for testing the abrasion resistance of a material.
- abraxas — an ancient charm composed of Greek letters: originally believed to have magical powers and inscribed on amulets, etc, but from the second century ad personified by Gnostics as a deity, the source of divine emanations
- abrazos — Plural form of abrazo.
- abreact — to alleviate (emotional tension) through abreaction
- abreast — If people or things walk or move abreast, they are next to each other, side by side, and facing in the same direction.
- abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- abroach — (of a cask, barrel, etc) tapped; broached
- abrooke — to bear or tolerate
- abrosia — the practice of refraining from eating
- abruzzi — a region of S central Italy, between the Apennines and the Adriatic. Capital: Aquila. Pop: 1 273 284 (2003 est). Area: 10 794 sq km (4210 sq miles)
- absorbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absorb.
- absorpt — (archaic) Past participle of absorb.
- abu qir — a village of N Egypt, in the Nile River delta: Battle of the Nile near here (1798).
- abusers — Plural form of abuser.
- abutter — the owner of adjoining property
- acardia — congenital absence of a heart.
- acarian — relating to mites or ticks belonging to the order Acarina
- acarids — Plural form of acarid.
- acarine — any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- acaroid — resembling a mite or tick
- accardo — Salvatore. born 1941, Italian violinist and conductor
- accords — Plural form of accord.
- accourt — to be courteous towards
- accrete — to grow or cause to grow together; be or become fused
- accrual — In finance, the accrual of something such as interest or investments is the adding together of interest or different investments over a period of time.
- accrued — to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- accrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accrue.
- accurse — to curse or consign to damnation, perdition, or misery
- accurst — under a curse; doomed; ill-fated.
- accuser — An accuser is a person who says that another person has done something wrong, especially that he or she has committed a crime.
- accusor — Alternative spelling of accuser.
- acerate — needle-shaped
- acerbic — sour in taste
- acerola — a small tree or shrub, Malpighia glabra, that grows in the rainforests of N South America, Central America, and Jamaica
- acerose — shaped like a needle, as pine leaves
- acerous — having no antennae.
- acharné — furiously violent
- acharya — a prominent religious teacher and spiritual guide
- acheron — one of the rivers in Hades over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon
- achiral — able to be superimposed on its mirror image
- aciform — needle-shaped; sharp
- aciurgy — Operative surgery.
- acorned — covered with acorns
- acquire — If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- acquiry — (obsolete): acquirement.
- acrania — (physiology) Partial or total absence of the skull.
- acrasia — a lack of self discipline, by which a person acts contrary to usual judgment
- acrasin — a chemical produced by slime moulds