7-letter words containing a, s, r, i
- ratings — figures based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
- rations — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- rattish — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling a rat.
- ravings — If you describe what someone says or writes as their ravings, you mean that it makes no sense because they are mad or very ill.
- rawlins — a town in S Wyoming.
- readies — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- realise — to grasp or understand clearly.
- realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- realist — a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- rearise — to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise: He arose from his chair when she entered the room.
- remains — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- reraise — to raise (literally or figuratively) again
- residua — the residue, remainder, or rest of something.
- resnais — Alain (alɛ̃). 1922–2014, French film director, whose films include Hiroshima mon amour (1959), L'Année dernière à Marienbad (1961), La Vie est un roman (1983), and On Connaît la Chanson (1998)
- restain — a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- retsina — a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- revisal — the act of revising; revision.
- rhachis — rachis.
- riesman — David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- rigsdag — the former parliament of Denmark, consisting of an upper house and a lower house: replaced in 1953 by the unicameral Folketing.
- rikisha — jinrikisha.
- riksdag — the parliament of Sweden, consisting of an upper house and a lower house.
- riksmal — Bokmål.
- rip-saw — a saw for cutting wood with the grain.
- romains — Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- rosalia — scarlet fever
- rosalie — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- rosario — a port in E Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- roscian — of, relating to, or involving acting.
- rossiya — Russian name of Russia.
- russian — of or relating to Russia, its people, or their language.
- rustavi — a city in the SE Georgian Republic, SE of Tbilisi.
- sabrina — a female given name: from the Latin word for the river Severn.
- sacrify — to offer a sacrifice or offer (something) as a sacrifice
- sacring — the act or ritual of consecration, esp of the Eucharist or of a bishop
- sacrist — Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
- sadiron — Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. Older Use. a flatiron that is pointed at both ends and has a detachable handle.
- saggier — sagging or tending to sag: a saggy roof.
- saimiri — a small South American squirrel-monkey of the genus Chrysothrix (formerly Saimiris)
- salieri — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- saltier — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- saltire — an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- samaria — a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- samurai — a member of the hereditary warrior class in feudal Japan.
- sangria — an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.
- sarangi — (in India) a violinlike instrument used to accompany classical dancing.
- sarapis — Serapis (def 1).
- sarcina — any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- sarcoid — a growth resembling a sarcoma.
- sardine — the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.