7-letter words containing r, d, o
- ashford — a market town in SE England, in central Kent. Pop: 58 936 (2001)
- astroid — a hypocycloid having four cusps
- auditor — An auditor is an accountant who officially examines the accounts of organizations.
- avodire — a yellow hardwood from an African tree
- avoider — to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person; to avoid taxes; to avoid danger.
- axelrod — Julius. 1912–2004, US neuropharmacologist, renowned for his work on catecholamines. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (with von Euler and Bernard Katz) 1970
- aykroyd — Dan. born 1952, Canadian film actor and screenwriter, best known for the television show Saturday Night Live (1975–80) and the films The Blues Brothers (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), and Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
- bandora — A bass stringed instrument of the cittern family, having a long neck and a scallop-shaped body.
- bandore — a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal strings
- bandrol — Alternative form of banderole.
- barbudo — beardfish.
- barcode — a machine-readable arrangement of numbers and parallel lines of different widths printed on a package, which can be electronically scanned at a checkout to register the price of the goods and to activate computer stock-checking and reordering
- barwood — a red wood from a small African tree, Baphia nitida, primarily used to produce dye and in the construction of violin bows
- becrowd — to crowd greatly with something
- bedcord — A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.
- bedford — a town in SE central England, in Bedfordshire, on the River Ouse; administrative centre of Bedford unitary authority. Pop: 82 488 (2001)
- bedform — (geology) One of a series of hollows and ripples formed in the bed of a river by the flow of water.
- bednorz — J(ohannes) Georg [yoh-hah-nuh s gey-awrk] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs ˈgeɪ ɔrk/ (Show IPA), born 1950, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1987.
- bedrock — The bedrock of something is the principles, ideas, or facts on which it is based.
- bedroll — A bedroll is a rolled-up sleeping bag or other form of bedding, which you can carry with you.
- bedroom — A bedroom is a room used for sleeping in.
- bedsore — Bedsores are sore places on a person's skin, caused by having to lie in bed for a long time without changing position.
- begored — smeared with a sticky substance
- beograd — Belgrade
- berobed — wearing a robe
- bichord — (of a musical instrument) having two strings for one note
- birddog — one of any of various breeds of dogs trained to hunt or retrieve birds.
- blonder — (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.
- boarded — a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- boarder — A boarder is a pupil who lives at school during the term.
- bodhran — shallow one-sided drum popular in Irish and Scottish folk music
- bogarde — Sir Dirk, real name Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde. 1920–99, British film actor and writer: his films include The Servant (1963) and Death in Venice (1970). His writings include the autobiographical A Postillion Struck by Lightning (1977) and the novel A Period of Adjustment (1994)
- boiardo — Matteo Maria (matˈtɛːo maˈria), conte de Scandiano. 1434–94, Italian poet; author of the historical epic Orlando Innamorato (1487)
- bojardo — Matteo Maria [mah-tey-oh muh-ree-uh;; Italian maht-te-aw mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈteɪ oʊ məˈri ə;; Italian mɑtˈtɛ ɔ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1434–94, Italian poet.
- bollard — Bollards are short thick concrete posts that are used to prevent cars from going on to someone's land or on to part of a road.
- bombard — If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them.
- bonnard — Pierre (pjɛr). 1867–1947, French painter and lithographer, noted for the effects of light and colour in his landscapes and sunlit interiors
- boobird — a person who habitually criticizes or jeers
- boodler — a person involved in bribery or corruption
- borders — administrative division of S Scotland, on the English border: 1,800 sq mi (4,662 sq km); pop. 101,000
- bordure — the outer edge of a shield, esp when decorated distinctively
- boredom — Boredom is the state of being bored.
- borodin — Aleksandr Porfirevich (alɪkˈsandr pərfiˈrjevitʃ). 1834–87, Russian composer, whose works include the unfinished opera Prince Igor, symphonies, songs, and chamber music
- boudoir — A boudoir is a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.
- boulder — A boulder is a large rounded rock.
- bounder — If you call a man a bounder, you mean he behaves in an unkind, deceitful, or selfish way.
- bourder — a person who jests or jokes
- bourdon — a 16-foot organ stop of the stopped diapason type
- bowlder — boulder
- bradsot — braxy (def 1).