7-letter words containing a, c, r, i
- parotic — situated about or near the ear.
- patrick — Saint, a.d. 389?–461? British missionary and bishop in Ireland: patron saint of Ireland.
- patrico — a fraudulent priest
- peracid — an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
- picador — one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
- picamar — a hydrocarbon oil extracted from beechwood tar
- picardy — a region in N France: formerly a province.
- piccard — Auguste [French oh-gyst] /French oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1884–1962, Swiss physicist, aeronaut, inventor, and deep-sea explorer: designer of bathyscaphes.
- picrate — a salt or ester of picric acid.
- piscary — Law. the right or privilege of fishing in particular waters.
- practic — practical.
- priapic — (sometimes initial capital letter) of or relating to Priapus; phallic.
- primacy — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- privacy — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- prosaic — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- ptarmic — a material that causes sneezing
- puranic — any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
- quadric — of the second degree (said especially of functions with more than two variables).
- quartic — of or relating to the fourth degree.
- quercia — Jacopo Della [yah-kaw-paw del-lah] /ˈyɑ kɔ pɔ ˌdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1374?–1438, Italian sculptor.
- quranic — Alternative spelling of Qur'anic.
- racemic — noting or pertaining to any of various organic compounds in which racemism occurs.
- rachial — Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.
- raciest — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- racisms — a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- racists — Plural form of racist.
- racking — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
- racloir — a tool (originally of flint) used for scraping
- radical — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
- radicel — a minute root; a rootlet.
- radices — a plural of radix.
- radicle — Botany. the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root. a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- railcar — a passenger-carrying railway vehicle consisting of a single coach with its own power unit
- rajasic — See under guna.
- rapacki — Adam (ˈadam). 1909–70, Polish politician: foreign minister (1956–68): proposed (1957) the denuclearization of Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and West Germany (the Rapacki Plan): rejected by the West because of Soviet predominance in conventional weapons
- recital — a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- reclaim — to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- rhachis — rachis.
- rhaetic — of or relating to a series of rocks formed in the late Triassic period
- ribcage — the enclosure formed by the ribs and their connecting bones.
- ricardo — David, 1772–1823, English economist.
- richard — (Duke of Gloucester) 1452–85, king of England 1483–85.
- ricotta — a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- rinceau — an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- romanic — derived from the Romans.
- roscian — of, relating to, or involving acting.
- ruzicka — Leopold [ley-oh-pawlt] /ˈleɪ oʊˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1976, Swiss chemist, born in Yugoslavia: Nobel prize 1939.
- sacrify — to offer a sacrifice or offer (something) as a sacrifice
- sacring — the act or ritual of consecration, esp of the Eucharist or of a bishop