7-letter words containing i, a, t, r
- iterate — to utter again or repeatedly.
- janitor — a person employed in an apartment house, office building, school, etc., to clean the public areas, remove garbage, and do minor repairs; caretaker.
- jeritza — Maria [mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1887–1982, Austrian operatic soprano.
- karaite — a member of a sect, founded in Persia in the 8th century a.d. by the religious leader Anan ben David, that rejected the Talmud and the teachings of the rabbis in favor of strict adherence to the Bible as the only source of Jewish law and practice.
- karstic — an area of limestone terrane characterized by sinks, ravines, and underground streams.
- karting — An open-wheeled motorsport that uses small vehicles called karts or go-karts.
- katrina — a female given name, form of Katherine.
- katrine — Loch, a lake in central Scotland. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- kenitra — a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
- keratin — a scleroprotein or albuminoid substance, found in the dead outer skin layer, and in horn, hair, feathers, hoofs, nails, claws, bills, etc.
- kirtans — Plural form of kirtan.
- kit car — a car that is supplied as a set of pieces ready to be assembled
- kithara — a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of an elaborate wooden soundbox having two arms connected by a yoke to which the upper ends of the strings are attached.
- kíthira — a Greek island in the Mediterranean, S of Peloponnesus: site of former ancient temple of Aphrodite. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- lariats — Plural form of lariat.
- lathier — lathlike; long and thin.
- latimer — Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- latrine — a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- liatris — any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- librate — to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- literal — in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
- lothair — ("the Saxon") c1070–1137, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of the Germans 1125–37.
- maestri — Plural form of maestro.
- maistre — Josephe de (ʒozɛf də). 1753–1821, French writer and diplomat, noted for his extreme reactionary views, expounded in such works as Les Soirées de St Petersbourg (1821)
- maistry — (obsolete) mastery.
- mantric — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- marathi — an Indic language of western and central India: the principal language of the state of Maharashtra.
- marisat — one of a series of geostationary communications satellites that relay telecommunications between ships at sea and shore stations.
- marital — Of or relating to marriage or the relations between husband and wife.
- maritsa — a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
- marlite — an indurated marl.
- marlpit — (dated) A pit where marl has been dug.
- marmite — a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- martial — inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people.
- martian — of, relating to, or like the planet Mars or its hypothetical inhabitants.
- martina — a female given name.
- marting — Present participle of mart.
- martini — a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- martins — Archer John Porter [ahr-cher] /ˈɑr tʃər/ (Show IPA), 1910–2002, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1952.
- martinu — Bohuslav [baw-hoo-slahf] /ˈbɔ hʊˌslɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1959, Czech composer.
- marxist — an adherent of Karl Marx or his theories.
- matrice — Obsolete form of matrix.
- matsuri — A solemn festival celebrated periodically at Shinto shrines in Japan.
- maturin — a city in NE Venezuela.
- maurist — a member of the Benedictine “Congregation of St. Maur,” founded in France in 1618, distinguished for its scholarship and literary works: suppressed during the French Revolution.
- meatier — of or like meat.
- meranti — wood from any of several Malaysian trees of the dipterocarpaceous genus Shorea
- migrant — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
- migrate — to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate. Antonyms: remain.
- militar — Obsolete form of military.