7-letter words containing a, r, i, s
- ovaries — Anatomy, Zoology. the female gonad or reproductive gland, in which the ova and the hormones that regulate female secondary sex characteristics develop.
- paresis — partial motor paralysis.
- parises — a Trojan prince, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Cassandra, who awarded the apple of discord to Aphrodite and was by her help enabled to abduct Helen.
- parisii — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- parison — a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- parkish — like or similar to a park
- parlies — small Scottish biscuits
- parotis — a parotid gland
- parrish — Anne, 1888–1957, U.S. novelist and author of books for children.
- parsing — parser
- parsnip — a plant, Pastinaca sativa, cultivated varieties of which have a large, whitish, edible root.
- parties — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- parulis — gumboil.
- paviser — a soldier bearing or using a pavise
- persian — of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
- piarist — a member of a Roman Catholic teaching congregation founded in Rome in 1597.
- piaster — a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- piastre — a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- piraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- piscary — Law. the right or privilege of fishing in particular waters.
- polaris — a distinctive English argot in use since at least the 18th century among groups of theatrical and circus performers and in certain homosexual communities, derived largely from Italian, directly or through Lingua Franca.
- praised — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- praiser — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- priapus — Classical Mythology. a god of male procreative power, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.
- prisage — the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
- prosaic — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prussia — a former German state in N and central Germany, extending from France and the Low Countries to the Baltic Sea and Poland: developed as the chief military power of the Continent, leading the North German Confederation from 1867–71, when the German Empire was established; dissolved in 1947 and divided between East and West Germany, Poland, and the former Soviet Union. Area: (in 1939) 294 081 sq km (113 545 sq miles)
- qintars — Plural form of qintar.
- rabbits — Plural form of rabbit.
- 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.
- radials — Plural form of radial.
- radians — Plural form of radian The angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of the circle of the same length as the circle's radius.
- radices — a plural of radix.
- raffish — mildly or sometimes engagingly disreputable or nonconformist; rakish: a matinee idol whose raffish offstage behavior amused millions.
- ragfish — a deep-sea fish of the family Icosteidae, inhabiting the North Pacific, having a very flexible body owing to its soft, highly cartilaginous skeleton.
- railbus — a bus-like vehicle for use on railway lines
- railers — to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation (often followed by at or against): to rail at fate.
- raising — an increase in amount, as of wages: a raise in pay.
- rajasic — See under guna.
- rammish — resembling a ram.
- randies — sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
- rankish — growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth: tall rank weeds.
- rankism — discrimination against people on the grounds of rank
- rankist — involving or showing discrimination against people on the grounds of rank
- rappist — Harmonist.
- rashida — a female given name: from a Swahili word meaning “righteous.”.
- rasping — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- ratfish — a chimaera, Hydrolagus colliei, of the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California, having a ratlike tail.