7-letter words containing i, r, a, n
- puritan — a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- qintars — Plural form of qintar.
- quatrin — (obsolete) Any of several small, copper coins, similar to a farthing, in any of several countries.
- quinary — pertaining to or consisting of five.
- quranic — Alternative spelling of Qur'anic.
- rabboni — a respectful Jewish title or form of address (usually given to a rabbi) meaning master
- racking — Also called cloud rack. a group of drifting clouds.
- radians — Plural form of radian The angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of the circle of the same length as the circle's radius.
- radiant — emitting rays of light; shining; bright: the radiant sun; radiant colors.
- raffiné — refined; cultivated
- rafting — a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials: an inflatable rubber raft.
- ragging — a musical composition in ragtime: a piano rag.
- raiding — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- railing — a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- railman — a male worker on a railway
- raiment — clothing; apparel; attire.
- 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.
- rainier — Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand de Grimaldi [lwee ahn-ree mak-sahns ber-trahn duh gree-mal dee] /lwi ɑ̃ˈri makˈsɑ̃s bɛrˈtrɑ̃ də gri mal ˈdi/ (Show IPA), Prince of Monaco, 1923–2005, reigning prince of Monaco 1949–2005.
- raining — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rainout — a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- raising — an increase in amount, as of wages: a raise in pay.
- rake in — an agricultural implement with teeth or tines for gathering cut grass, hay, or the like or for smoothing the surface of the ground.
- ralline — belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- ramekin — a small dish in which food can be baked and served.
- ramming — a male sheep.
- ramping — a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- rampion — a European bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, having an edible white tuberous root used in Europe for salad.
- randies — sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
- ranging — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- rangoli — a traditional Indian art form using coloured sand or powder to decorate a floor, courtyard, or other flat surface
- rankine — William John Macquorn [muh-kwawrn] /məˈkwɔrn/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, Scottish engineer and physicist.
- ranking — senior or superior in rank, position, etc.: a ranking diplomat.
- rankish — growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth: tall rank weeds.
- rankism — discrimination against people on the grounds of rank
- rankist — involving or showing discrimination against people on the grounds of rank
- ranting — to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
- rapidan — a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.
- rapping — a quick, smart, or light blow: a rap on the knuckles with a ruler.
- rappini — the leaves of the turnip, Brassica rapa, eaten cooked or raw as greens.
- rasping — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- ratfink — fink (defs 3, 4).
- 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.
- ratline — any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratling — a young rat
- ratting — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ravelin — a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- ravined — marked or furrowed with ravines.
- 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.