7-letter words containing a, r, n
- arizona — a state of the southwestern US: consists of the Colorado plateau in the northeast, including the Grand Canyon, divided from desert in the southwest by mountains rising over 3750 m (12 500 ft). Capital: Phoenix. Pop: 5 580 811 (2003 est). Area: 293 750 sq km (113 417 sq miles)
- armband — An armband is a band of fabric that you wear round your upper arm in order to show that you have an official position or belong to a particular group. Some people also wear a black armband to show that a friend or relation has died.
- armbone — (anatomy) A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.
- armenia — a republic in NW Asia: originally part of the historic Armenian kingdom; acquired by Russia in 1828; became the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936; gained independence in 1991. It is mountainous, rising over 4000 m (13 000 ft). Language: Armenian. Religion: Christian (Armenian Apostolic) majority. Currency: dram. Capital: Yerevan. Pop: 2 974 184 (2013 est). Area: 29 800 sq km (11 490 sq miles)
- arnatto — annatto (def 2).
- arnauld — Antoine, 1612–94, French Jansenist theologian and philosopher.
- arnotto — Archaic form of annatto.
- arpanet — Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
- arpents — Plural form of arpent.
- arraign — If someone is arraigned on a particular charge, they are brought before a court of law to answer that charge.
- arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- arsenal — An arsenal is a large collection of weapons and military equipment held by a country, group, or person.
- arsenic — Arsenic is a very strong poison which can kill people.
- arseno- — having arsenic as a constituent
- arsheen — a measurement of extent in Turkey and Russia
- arsines — Plural form of arsine.
- artisan — An artisan is someone whose job requires skill with their hands.
- artizan — Obsolete spelling of artisan.
- arundel — a town in S England, in West Sussex: 11th-century castle. Pop: 3297 (2001)
- aspirin — Aspirin is a mild drug which reduces pain and fever.
- astrand — in a stranded manner or from the point of view of being run aground
- asunder — If something tears or is torn asunder, it is violently separated into two or more parts or pieces.
- aterian — designating or of the Middle or Upper Paleolithic culture of N Africa, characterized by arrowheads with barbs and tangs, etc.
- athanor — an alchemist's oven or furnace that continuously supplies its own fuel and thereby sustains an unchanging temperature
- atoners — Plural form of atoner.
- attorny — (obsolete, or, proscribed) alternative spelling of attorney.
- aurigny — one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel: separated from the French coast by a dangerous tidal channel (the Race of Alderney). Pop: 2294 (2001). Area: 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
- autorun — (computing) Any feature that runs a program, etc. automatically.
- avenger — to take vengeance or exact satisfaction for: to avenge a grave insult.
- avernal — a lake near Naples, Italy, looked upon in ancient times as an entrance to hell, from whose waters vile-smelling vapors arose, supposedly killing birds flying over it.
- avernos — a crater lake in S Italy, near Naples and the Tyrrhenian Sea, thought by ancients to be the entrance to the underworld.
- avernus — a crater lake in Italy, near Naples: in ancient times regarded as an entrance to hell
- aveyron — a department of S France in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Rodez. Pop: 266 940 (2003 est). Area: 8771 sq km (3421 sq miles)
- azurine — a roach found in Europe, bluish in colour
- baconer — a pig that weighs between 83 and 101 kg, from which bacon is cut
- bahrain — an independent sheikhdom on the Persian Gulf, consisting of several islands: under British protection until the declaration of independence in 1971. It has large oil reserves. Language: Arabic. Religion: Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Manama. Pop: 1 281 332 (2013 est). Area: 678 sq km (262 sq miles)
- bairnly — childish, childlike, young
- banaras — a former name of Varanasi.
- banbury — a town in central England, in N Oxfordshire: telecommunications, financial services. Pop: 43 867 (2001)
- bandari — a female monkey
- banders — a thin, flat strip of some material for binding, confining, trimming, protecting, etc.: a band on each bunch of watercress.
- bandora — A bass stringed instrument of the cittern family, having a long neck and a scallop-shaped body.
- bandore — a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal strings
- bandrol — Alternative form of banderole.
- bandura — a Ukrainian stringed instrument, resembling a lute
- bangers — A sausage.
- bankers — Plural form of banker.
- banners — Plural form of banner.
- banters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banter.
- bar pin — a long, slender, decorative pin or brooch.