7-letter words containing ra
- amokura — a white pelagian bird, Paethon rubricauda, of tropical latitudes in the Indian and Pacific oceans, with a red beak and long red tail feathers
- amon-ra — a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- amorant — loving, romantic
- amphora — an ancient Greek or Roman two-handled narrow-necked jar for oil, wine, etc
- amscray — Leave quickly.
- amtracs — Plural form of amtrac.
- anagram — An anagram is a word or phrase formed by changing the order of the letters in another word or phrase. For example, 'triangle' is an anagram of 'integral'.
- anambra — a state of S Nigeria. Capital: Awka. Pop: 4 182 031 (2006). Area: 4844 sq km (1870 sq miles)
- andorra — a mountainous principality in SW Europe, between France and Spain: according to tradition, given independence by Charlemagne in the 9th century for helping to fight the Moors; placed under the joint sovereignty of the Comte de Foix and the Spanish bishop of Urgel in 1278; under the joint overlordship of the French head of state and the bishop of Urgel from the 16th century; adopted a constitution reducing the powers of the overlords in 1993. Languages: Catalan (official), French, and Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: euro. Capital: Andorra la Vella. Pop: 85 293 (2013 est). Area: 464 sq km (179 sq miles)
- angoras — Plural form of angora.
- anoraks — Plural form of anorak.
- anthrax — Anthrax is a disease of cattle and sheep, in which they get painful sores and a fever. Anthrax can be used in biological weapons.
- anurans — Plural form of anuran.
- aorangi — Cook2
- apparat — the Communist Party organization in the former Soviet Union and other states
- apraxia — a disorder of the central nervous system caused by brain damage and characterized by impaired ability to carry out purposeful muscular movements
- apraxic — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized by an inability to perform purposeful movements, but not accompanied by a loss of sensory function or paralysis.
- apsaras — a female spirit of water and air
- apteral — (esp of a classical temple) not having columns at the sides
- apyrase — any of various enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate, yielding a phosphate and energy
- arabian — Arabian means belonging or relating to Arabia, especially to Saudi Arabia.
- arabica — a high-quality coffee bean obtained from the tree Coffea arabica
- arabist — An Arabist is a person who supports Arab interests or knows a lot about the Arabic language.
- arabize — to transfer to Arab control
- aracaju — a port in E Brazil, capital of Sergipe state. Pop: 701 000 (2005 est)
- aracari — any of several small toucans of the genus Pteroglossus, having strongly serrate bills and yellow underparts marked with black and red.
- arachis — any of various plants native to South America and belonging to the genus Arachis of the family Fabaceae, the most famous of which is the peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
- arachne — a maiden changed into a spider for having presumptuously challenged Athena to a weaving contest
- aragats — extinct volcano in NW Armenia: 13,435 ft (4,095 m)
- araised — Simple past tense and past participle of araise.
- aralias — Plural form of aralia.
- aramaic — an ancient language of the Middle East, still spoken in parts of Syria and the Lebanon, belonging to the NW Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family. Originally the speech of Aram, in the 5th century bc it spread to become the lingua franca of the Persian empire
- aramean — a Semite of the division associated with Aram.
- araneid — any of numerous arachnids constituting the order Araneae (or Araneida), which comprises the spiders
- arapaho — a member of a North American Indian people of the Plains, now living chiefly in Oklahoma and Wyoming
- arapesh — a member of a Papuan people of Papua New Guinea.
- arariba — Any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood.
- araroba — a Brazilian leguminous tree, Andira araroba
- aration — (obsolete, agriculture) ploughing, tillage.
- arausio — a town in SE France: a small principality in the Middle Ages, the descendants of which formed the House of Orange. Pop: 27 989 (1999)
- arikara — a member of a North American Indian people living along the Missouri River in W North Dakota
- arraign — If someone is arraigned on a particular charge, they are brought before a court of law to answer that charge.
- arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- arrased — having an arras
- arrases — Plural form of arras Tapestries.
- arrayal — the act or process of arraying
- arrayed — If things are arrayed in a particular way, they are arranged or displayed in that way.
- arrayer — a person who arrays
- asherah — an ancient Semitic goddess, sometimes identified with Ashtoreth and Astarte, worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- ashrama — one of the four stages in Hindu spiritual life