7-letter words containing a, w, r
- low-tar — (of cigarettes or tobacco) containing less tar than usual or standard.
- madwort — a mat-forming plant, Aurinia saxatilis (or Alyssum saxatille), of the mustard family, having spatulate leaves and open clusters of pale yellow flowers.
- malware — software intended to damage a computer, mobile device, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation: tips on finding and removing viruses, spyware, and other malware.
- manward — Also, manwards. toward humankind: The church directed its attention manward as well as heavenward.
- marlowe — Christopher, 1564–93, English dramatist and poet.
- marrows — Plural form of marrow.
- marrowy — Full of marrow; pithy.
- 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).
- miswart — /mis-wort/ [By analogy with misbug] A feature that superficially appears to be a wart but has been determined to be the Right Thing. For example, in some versions of the Emacs text editor, the "transpose characters" command exchanges the character under the cursor with the one before it on the screen, *except* when the cursor is at the end of a line, in which case the two characters before the cursor are exchanged. While this behaviour is perhaps surprising, and certainly inconsistent, it has been found through extensive experimentation to be what most users want. This feature is a miswart.
- nagware — Computer software that is free for a trial period during which the user is frequently reminded on screen to register and pay for the program in order to continue using it when the trial period is over.
- narrows — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- narwals — Plural form of narwal.
- narwhal — a small arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, the male of which has a long, spirally twisted tusk extending forward from the upper jaw.
- nayward — the negative view
- nayword — a proverb or byword
- netware — Novell NetWare
- norwalk — a city in SW California.
- norward — Archaic form of northward.
- nym war — a dispute about the right to publish material on the internet under a fictitious name
- 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)
- parkway — a broad thoroughfare with a dividing strip or side strips planted with grass, trees, etc.
- partway — at or to a part of the way or distance: Shall I walk you partway? I'm already partway home.
- payware — /pay'weir/ Commercial software. Opposite: shareware or freeware.
- pc-ware — Pejorative term for software full of PC-isms on a machine with a more capable operating system.
- postwar — of, relating to, or characteristic of a period following a war: postwar problems; postwar removal of rationing.
- pre-law — of, relating to, or engaged in studies in preparation for the formal study of law.
- pre-war — Pre-war is used to describe things that happened, existed, or were made in the period immediately before a war, especially the Second World War, 1939-45.
- predawn — the period immediately preceding dawn.
- prewarm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- prewarn — to warn in advance
- prewash — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- prewrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- raceway — Chiefly British. a passage or channel for water, as a millrace.
- 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.
- 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.
- railway — a rail line with lighter-weight equipment and roadbed than a main-line railroad.
- 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.
- raw bar — a restaurant or counter serving raw shellfish and sometimes sushi.
- rawhead — a bogeyman, esp one with a skull as its head