7-letter words containing ra
- bodhran — shallow one-sided drum popular in Irish and Scottish folk music
- bokhara — Bukhara.
- bombora — a submerged reef
- boracic — boric
- borasca — (especially in the Mediterranean) a squall, usually accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- borasco — (especially in the Mediterranean) a squall, usually accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- borazon — an extremely hard form of boron nitride
- borotra — Jean (Robert) (ʒɑ̃). 1898–1994, French tennis player: secretary general of physical education under the Vichy government (1940)
- bra top — an item of women's clothing that looks like a bra but is worn as outerwear
- brabant — a former duchy of W Europe: divided when Belgium became independent (1830), the south forming the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Brabant and the north forming the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
- brabble — to quarrel noisily over trifles
- brabham — Sir John Arthur, known as Jack. 1926–2014, Australian motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion 1959, 1960, and 1966
- braccia — an old Italian unit of length, usually about 26 or 27 inches (66 or 68 cm), but varying between 18 and 28 inches (46 and 71 cm).
- braccio — an Italian unit of measurement based on the length of a man's arm and roughly equivalent to two feet
- bracero — a Mexican labourer working in the USA, esp one admitted into the country to relieve labour shortages during and immediately after World War II
- brachah — Hebrew terms usually translated as "blessing"
- brachia — Anatomy. the part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow.
- brachy- — indicating something short
- bracing — If you describe something, especially a place, climate, or activity as bracing, you mean that it makes you feel fresh and full of energy.
- bracken — Bracken is a large plant with leaves that are divided into many thin sections. It grows on hills and in woods.
- bracket — If you say that someone or something is in a particular bracket, you mean that they come within a particular range, for example a range of incomes, ages, or prices.
- bradawl — an awl used to pierce wood, leather, or other materials for the insertion of brads, screws, etc
- bradded — having brads.
- bradley — A(ndrew) C(ecil). 1851–1935, English critic; author of Shakespearian Tragedy (1904)
- bradman — Sir Don(ald George). 1908–2001, Australian cricketer; in 52 test matches (1928–48) he scored 6,996 runs at an average of 99.94, by far the game's highest
- bradsot — braxy (def 1).
- braemar — a village in NE Scotland, in Aberdeenshire; Balmoral Castle is nearby: site of the Royal Braemar Gathering, an annual Highland Games meeting
- braford — one of a breed of beef cattle, developed in the southwestern U.S. from Brahman and Hereford stock, especially well adapted to sparse grazing and a hot, humid environment.
- bragdon — Claude, 1866–1946, U.S. architect, stage designer, and author.
- bragged — to use boastful language; boast: He bragged endlessly about his high score.
- bragger — a person who brags.
- brahman — a member of the highest or priestly caste in the Hindu caste system
- brahmin — A Brahmin is a Hindu of the highest social rank.
- braided — A piece of clothing that is braided is decorated with braid.
- braille — Braille is a system of printing for blind people. The letters are printed as groups of raised dots that you can feel with your fingers.
- brained — having a particular type of brain (used in combination): small-brained dinosaurs.
- braised — cooked by braising
- brakers — Shipbuilding. mask (def 19).
- braking — the act or process of slowing or stopping a vehicle, wheel, shaft, etc, or for keeping it stationary, esp by means of friction
- brakpan — a city in E South Africa: gold-mining centre. Pop: 62 116 (2001)
- braless — not wearing a bra
- bramble — Brambles are wild prickly bushes that produce blackberries.
- brambly — having or resembling brambles.
- bramley — a variety of cooking apple having juicy firm flesh
- branagh — Sir Kenneth. born 1961, British actor and director, born in Northern Ireland. He founded the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1986. His films include Henry V (1989), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Hamlet (1997), and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- branch- — (in zoology) indicating gills
- brand x — (in advertising) a competing brand or product not referred to by name but implied to be of inferior quality.
- branded — A branded product is one which is made by a well-known manufacturer and has the manufacturer's label on it.
- brander — to apply furring to (a surface).
- brandes — Georg Morris (giˈɔʀˈmɔʀis) ; gē^ōrˈ m^ōˈrēs) (born Georg Morris Cohen) 1842-1927; Dan. literary critic