7-letter words containing a, e, r, i
- azurine — a roach found in Europe, bluish in colour
- azurite — an azure-blue mineral associated with copper deposits. It is a source of copper. Composition: copper carbonate. Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2. Crystal structure: monoclinic
- baggier — Comparative form of baggy.
- bailers — Plural form of bailer.
- baiters — Plural form of baiter.
- balmier — Comparative form of balmy.
- barbies — Plural form of barbie.
- barefit — barefooted
- bareish — Somewhat bare.
- barline — A vertical line in musical notation indicating the start of a new bar.
- barrier — A barrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.
- barries — Sir James M(atthew) 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- barwise — (of a charge or charges) transversely across an escutcheon, in the manner of a bar.
- bawdier — Comparative form of bawdy.
- beardie — a bearded collie
- bearing — Someone's bearing is the way in which they move or stand.
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- beatrix — full name Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard. born 1938, queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013); abdicated in favour of her eldest son Willem-Alexander
- bedrail — a rail or board along the side of a bed that connects the headboard with the footboard
- bellari — a city in SE India, in Karnataka.
- bernina — a mountain in SE Switzerland, in the Rhaetian Alps. 13,295 feet (4050 meters).
- bikaner — a walled city in NW India, in Rajasthan: capital of the former state of Bikaner, on the edge of the Thar Desert. Pop: 529 007 (2001)
- bilayer — a cell membrane consisting of two layers
- biretta — a stiff clerical cap having either three or four upright pieces projecting outwards from the centre to the edge: coloured black for priests, purple for bishops, red for cardinals, and white for certain members of religious orders
- bizarre — Something that is bizarre is very odd and strange.
- bonaire — an island in the S Caribbean, part of the Netherlands Antilles until their dissolution in 2010, now a special municipality of the Netherlands: one of the Leeward Islands. Chief town: Kralendijk. Pop: 11 537 (2007 est). Area: about 288 sq km (111 sq miles)
- 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
- brasier — brazier1
- brassie — a former name for a club, a No. 2 wood, originally having a brass-plated sole and with a shallower face than a driver to give more loft
- brawlie — in a fine or healthy manner
- brazier — A brazier is a large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned to keep people warm when they are outside in cold weather, for example because of their work.
- breccia — a rock consisting of angular fragments embedded in a finer matrix, formed by erosion, impact, volcanic activity, etc
- brescia — a city in N Italy, in Lombardy: at its height in the 16th century. Pop: 187 567 (2001)
- brigade — A brigade is one of the groups which an army is divided into.
- cabeiri — Cabiri.
- cairene — a person born or living in Cairo, Egypt
- cairned — marked by a cairn
- caliber — the size of a bullet or shell as measured by its diameter
- calibre — The calibre of a person is the quality or standard of their ability or intelligence, especially when this is high.
- caliper — Calipers are an instrument consisting of two long, thin pieces of metal joined together at one end, and are used to measure the size of things.
- caliver — a light musket introduced in the early 16th century
- calorie — Calories are units used to measure the energy value of food. People who are on diets try to eat food that does not contain many calories.
- cannier — careful; cautious; prudent: a canny reply.
- caprice — A caprice is an unexpected action or decision which has no strong reason or purpose.
- caprine — of or resembling a goat
- carbide — a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element
- carbine — A carbine is a light automatic rifle.