7-letter words containing a, r, i, t
- minaret — a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- mispart — to part wrongly
- misrate — to rate or estimate incorrectly
- mistral — Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
- miswart — /mis-wort/ [By analogy with misbug] A feature that superficially appears to be a wart but has been determined to be the Right Thing. For example, in some versions of the Emacs text editor, the "transpose characters" command exchanges the character under the cursor with the one before it on the screen, *except* when the cursor is at the end of a line, in which case the two characters before the cursor are exchanged. While this behaviour is perhaps surprising, and certainly inconsistent, it has been found through extensive experimentation to be what most users want. This feature is a miswart.
- mithras — the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- muriate — (not in scientific use) any chloride, especially potassium chloride, KCl, used as a fertilizer.
- nacrite — a clay mineral of the kaolinite group
- narcist — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- nark it — stop it!
- nartjie — A South African tangerine. (small orange fruit).
- nastier — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- natrium — (formerly) sodium.
- nayarit — a state in W Mexico. 10,442 sq. mi. (27,045 sq. km). Capital: Tepic.
- ninurta — a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- nitrate — Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- notaire — (in France) a public official authorized by the state to attest and certify certain legal documents, oversee property transactions, etc
- ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- oralist — an advocate of oralism.
- orality — the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- orating — Present participle of orate.
- oration — a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- oratrix — a woman who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence.
- orbital — of or relating to an orbit.
- orgiast — One who celebrates orgies.
- orthian — having a high pitch
- osteria — An Italian restaurant, typically a simple or inexpensive one.
- ostiary — Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church. a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders. the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- otarine — relating to seals with ears
- painter — cougar.
- paretic — partial motor paralysis.
- parfait — a dessert of ice cream and fruit or ice cream and syrup in alternate layers, often topped with whipped cream and served in a tall, narrow, short-stemmed glass.
- parotic — situated about or near the ear.
- parotid — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- parotis — a parotid gland
- parthia — an ancient country in W Asia, SE of the Caspian Sea: conquered by the Persians a.d. 226; now a part of NE Iran.
- partial — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- partied — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- partier — a person who parties, especially regularly or habitually: New Year's Eve always brings out the partyers.
- parties — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- parting — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- partita — an instrumental suite common chiefly in the 18th century.
- partite — divided into parts, usually into a specified number of parts (usually used in combination): a tripartite agreement.
- parvati — the wife of Shiva and the benevolent form of the Mother Goddess.
- patinir — Joachim (ˈjəʊəkɪm). ?1485–1524, Flemish painter, noted esp for the landscapes in his paintings on religious themes
- patriae — Latin. father of his country.
- patrial — a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.
- patrick — Saint, a.d. 389?–461? British missionary and bishop in Ireland: patron saint of Ireland.
- patrico — a fraudulent priest
- patriot — a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.