7-letter words that end in ra
- electra — the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
- ephedra — An evergreen shrub of warm, arid regions that has trailing or climbing stems and tiny, scalelike leaves . Some kinds are a source of ephedrine and are used medicinally.
- exetera — Eye dialect of et cetera.
- exhedra — Alternative form of exedra.
- farfara — The dried leaves of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), formerly used to treat bronchitis.
- ferrara — a city in N Italy, near the Po River: medieval university and cathedral.
- foggara — An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley; a qanat.
- gerbera — any of various composite plants of the genus Gerbera, native to Africa and Asia, having showy, many-rayed flowers ranging from yellow to red.
- goburra — The kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).
- guajira — a Cuban peasant dance with shifting rhythms.
- guevara — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- gunnera — any tropical plant of the genus Gennera, native to South America, having enormous leaves resembling rhubarb.
- haftara — haphtara
- haptera — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- herrera — Francisco de [frahn-thees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈθis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), ("el Viejo") 1576–1656, Spanish painter and etcher.
- hetaera — a highly cultured courtesan or concubine, especially in ancient Greece.
- hetaira — hetaera.
- honiara — (used with a plural verb) an archipelago in the W Pacific Ocean, E of New Guinea; important World War II battles; politically divided between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
- houbara — a bustard, Chlamydotis undulata, of northern Africa and western Asia, having long black and white plumes on each side of the neck.
- isadora — a female given name: derived from Isidor.
- ishvara — a personal and supreme god, supposed in dvaita Vedantism to be included with the world and Atman within Brahman.
- isidora — a female given name.
- juvarra — Filippo [fee-leep-paw] /fiˈlip pɔ/ (Show IPA), 1678–1736, Italian architect.
- kachera — short trousers traditionally worn by Sikhs as a symbol of their religious and cultural loyalty: originally worn for ease of horse riding
- katsura — An ornamental eastern Asian tree that has leaves that resemble those of the Judas tree and light, fine-grained timber.
- kenitra — a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
- kérkira — Corfu
- kerkyra — Greek name of Corfu.
- kia ora — greetings! good luck!
- kiepura — Jan (Wiktor) [yahn vik-tawr] /yɑn ˈvɪk tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904?–66, Polish tenor.
- kithara — a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of an elaborate wooden soundbox having two arms connected by a yoke to which the upper ends of the strings are attached.
- kíthira — a Greek island in the Mediterranean, S of Peloponnesus: site of former ancient temple of Aphrodite. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- kundera — Milan, born 1929, Czech-born novelist resident in France.
- kythera — Cythera
- lempira — a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- leonora — a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- leuctra — a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- lyndora — a female given name.
- madeira — a group of eight islands off the NW coast of Africa, part of Portugal. 308 sq. mi. (798 sq. km). Capital: Funchal.
- mampara — a foolish person; idiot
- mandira — a Hindu temple.
- mandora — a type of bass lute which was the ancestor of the mandolin
- mansûra — a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta: scene of the defeat of the Crusaders 1250 and the capture of Louis IX by the Mamelukes.
- marmara — Sea of, a sea in NW Turkey, between European and Asian Turkey, connected with the Black Sea by the Bosporus, and with the Aegean by the Dardanelles. 4300 sq. mi. (11,135 sq. km).
- mascara — a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- massora — a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
- mathura — a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India: Hindu shrine and holy city; reputed birthplace of Krishna.
- megaera — one of the Furies.
- mojarra — any of several chiefly tropical, silvery fishes of the family Gerridae, having a protrusible mouth and grooves at the bases of the dorsal and anal fins into which the fins can be folded.
- mompara — (South Africa) A fool.