7-letter words containing a, r, o, w
- marlowe — Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet.
- marrows — Plural form of marrow.
- marrowy — Full of marrow; pithy.
- narrows — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- nayword — a proverb or byword
- norwalk — a city in SW California.
- norward — Archaic form of northward.
- oarweed — any of various brown seaweeds, esp a kelp of the genus Laminaria, with long broad fronds, common below the low-water mark
- onwards — toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- or what — In conversation, you say or what? after a question as a way of stating an opinion forcefully and showing that you expect other people to agree.
- outdraw — to draw a gun, revolver, etc., from a holster, faster than (an opponent or competitor): She could outdraw any member of the club.
- outward — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- outwear — to wear or last longer than; outlast: a well-made product that outwears its competition.
- overawe — to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate: He often uses that imperious scowl to overawe his subordinates.
- oversaw — to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage: He was hired to oversee the construction crews.
- paltrow — Gwyneth (Kate). born 1972, US film actress; her films include Emma (1996), Sliding Doors (1998), Shakespeare in Love (1998), and Sylvia (2003)
- postwar — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period following a war: postwar problems; postwar removal of rationing.
- ragwork — masonry of thin, undressed rubble.
- ragworm — any polychaete worm of the genus Nereis, living chiefly in burrows in sand or mud and having a flattened body with a row of fleshy parapodia along each side
- ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
- rainbow — a bow or arc of prismatic colors appearing in the heavens opposite the sun and caused by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of rain. Compare primary rainbow, secondary rainbow.
- raytown — a city in W Missouri, near Kansas City.
- reawoke — waking; not sleeping.
- roadway — the land over which a road is built; a road together with the land at its edge.
- rollway — a place on which things are rolled or moved on rollers.
- ropeway — tramway (def 4).
- rowable — able to be rowed
- rowboat — a small boat designed for rowing.
- rowland — a masculine name
- seaworm — a marine worm
- sparrow — any of numerous American finches of the family Emberizinae. Compare chipping sparrow, song sparrow.
- tow bar — a metal bar for attaching a vehicle to a load to be towed.
- tow car — wrecker (def 3).
- towards — in the direction of: to walk toward the river.
- wagoner — a person who drives a wagon.
- waitron — a person of either sex who waits on tables; waiter or waitress.
- warblog — A weblog dealing with a war, or written by an active participant in or witness to warfare.
- warehou — (New Zealand) Any of the three medusafishes Seriolella brama (the common warehou), Seriolella caerulea (the white warehou), and Seriolella punctata (the silver warehou).
- warison — a bugle call to assault.
- warlock — a man who professes or is supposed to practice magic or sorcery; a male witch; sorcerer.
- warlord — a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- warrior — a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.
- warthog — an African wild swine, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, having large tusks and warty protuberances on the face.
- wartorn — Alternative form of war-torn.
- warwolf — an engine of war, similar to a trebuchet
- warwork — work contributing to the war effort
- warworn — worn down by war
- wary of — careful of
- warzone — (during wartime) a combat area in which the rights of neutrals are suspended, as such an area on the high seas, where ships flying a neutral flag are subject to attack.
- watford — a city in Hertfordshire, SE England, N of London.