7-letter words containing a, w, r, d
- inwards — toward the inside, interior, or center, as of a place, space, or body.
- larwood — Harold. 1904–95, English cricketer. An outstanding fast bowler, he played 21 times for England between 1926 and 1933
- leeward — pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows (opposed to windward).
- madwort — a mat-forming plant, Aurinia saxatilis (or Alyssum saxatille), of the mustard family, having spatulate leaves and open clusters of pale yellow flowers.
- manward — Also, manwards. toward humankind: The church directed its attention manward as well as heavenward.
- medawar — Peter Brian, 1915–87, English zoologist and anatomist, born in Brazil: Nobel Prize in medicine 1960.
- misdraw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- nayward — the negative view
- nayword — a proverb or byword
- 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.
- 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.
- predawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
- rawhead — a bogeyman, esp one with a skull as its head
- rawhide — untanned skin of cattle or other animals.
- red-wat — stained with blood; bloody.
- redrawn — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- redware — a large brown seaweed, Laminaria digitata, common off northern Atlantic coasts.
- rewards — the benefits of doing something
- ridgway — Matthew Bunker, 1895–1993, U.S. army general: chief of staff 1953–55.
- roadway — the land over which a road is built; a road together with the land at its edge.
- rowland — a masculine name
- rwandan — a republic in central Africa, E of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly comprising the N part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi; became independent 1962. 10,169 sq. mi. (26,338 sq. km). Capital: Kigali.
- seaward — Also, seawards. toward the sea: a storm moving seaward.
- skyward — Also, skywards. toward the sky.
- steward — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- sunward — Also, sunwards. toward the sun.
- tarweed — any of several resinous or gummy, composite plants of the genus Grindelia, having solitary flower heads.
- thrawed — British Dialect. to throw.
- towards — in the direction of: to walk toward the river.
- undrawn — to draw open or aside: to undraw a curtain.
- upwards — toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
- vanward — in or towards the front
- waddler — One who waddles.
- wafered — Simple past tense and past participle of wafer.
- wagered — something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet: to place a wager on a soccer match.
- wanders — Plural form of wander.
- warbird — a vintage military aeroplane
- warbled — Past participle of warble.
- wardens — Plural form of warden.
- warders — Plural form of warder.
- warding — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- warhead — the forward section of a self-propelled missile, bomb, torpedo, or the like, containing the explosive, chemical, or atomic charge.
- warlord — a military leader, especially of a warlike nation.
- watered — of or relating to water in any way: a water journey.
- watford — a city in Hertfordshire, SE England, N of London.
- wavered — Simple past tense and past participle of waver.