7-letter words containing a, r, o, d
- parador — a government-sponsored inn in Spain, usually in a scenic or historic area, that offers lodging and meals at reasonable prices.
- parados — a bank of earth built behind a trench or military emplacement to protect soldiers from a surprise attack from the rear.
- paradox — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- parodic — having or of the nature of a parody.
- parodoi — (in ancient Greek drama) an ode sung by the chorus at their entrance, usually beginning the play and preceding the proagōn in comedy or the alteration of epeisodia and stasima in tragedy.
- parodos — (in ancient Greek drama) an ode sung by the chorus at their entrance, usually beginning the play and preceding the proagōn in comedy or the alteration of epeisodia and stasima in tragedy.
- parotid — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- 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.
- pochard — an Old World diving duck, Aythya ferina, having a chestnut-red head.
- podagra — gouty inflammation of the great toe.
- pollard — a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches.
- pommard — a dry, red wine from the Pommard parish in Burgundy.
- poniard — a small, slender dagger.
- poulard — a hen spayed to improve the flesh for use as food.
- preload — If someone preloads, they drink a lot of alcohol before they go out for a social occasion.
- privado — a close friend
- proband — a patient who is the initial member of a family to come under study.
- provand — food; provisions
- radford — Arthur William, 1896–1973, U.S. admiral: chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff 1953–57.
- radioed — wireless telegraphy or telephony: speeches broadcast by radio.
- ragdoll — a stuffed doll, especially of cloth.
- raymond — Henry Jarvis [jahr-vis] /ˈdʒɑr vɪs/ (Show IPA), 1820–69, U.S. publicist: founder of The New York Times.
- razored — a sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair.
- readopt — to adopt (a person, procedure, law, etc) again
- readorn — to adorn (an object, place, person, etc) again
- readout — Computers. the output of information from a computer in readable form. Compare printout.
- reardon — Ray. born 1932, Welsh snooker player: world champion 1970, 1973–76, 1978
- reboard — a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- red oak — any of several oak trees, as Quercus rubra, or Q. falcata, of North America.
- redcoat — (especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- rhabdom — any of various rod-shaped structures.
- rhodian — of or relating to the island Rhodes.
- rhodora — a low North American shrub, Rhododendron canadense, of the heath family, having rose-colored flowers that appear before the leaves.
- rhondda — a city in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales.
- ricardo — David, 1772–1823, English economist.
- roached — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- roadbed — Railroads. the bed or foundation structure for the track of a railroad. the layer of ballast immediately beneath the ties of a railroad track.
- roadhog — If you describe someone as a roadhog, you mean that they drive too fast or in a way which is dangerous to other people.
- roading — the building of roads
- roadman — a labourer who repairs roads
- roadmap — a map designed for motorists, showing the principal cities and towns of a state or area, the chief roads, usually tourist attractions and places of historical interest, and the mileage from one place to another.
- roadway — the land over which a road is built; a road together with the land at its edge.
- rod-man — a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- rolland — Romain [raw-man] /rɔˈmɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, French novelist, music critic, and dramatist: Nobel prize 1915.
- rondeau — Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- ronsard — Pierre de [pyer duh] /pyɛr də/ (Show IPA), 1524–85, French poet.
- rostand — Edmond [ed-mawn] /ɛdˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1868–1918, French dramatist and poet.
- rotunda — a round building, especially one with a dome.
- roulade — a musical embellishment consisting of a rapid succession of tones sung to a single syllable.
- rowland — a masculine name