7-letter words containing i, s, r
- araised — Simple past tense and past participle of araise.
- aralias — Plural form of aralia.
- arausio — a town in SE France: a small principality in the Middle Ages, the descendants of which formed the House of Orange. Pop: 27 989 (1999)
- arcsine — the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between –π/2 and π/2), the sine of which is that argument: the inverse of the sine function
- arctics — high, warm, waterproof overshoes, usually with buckles
- argalis — Plural form of argali.
- argasid — any of the numerous ticks of the family Argasidae, comprising the soft ticks.
- argolis — a department and ancient region of Greece, in the NE Peloponnese. Capital: Nauplion. Pop: 102 392 (2001). Area: 2261 sq km (873 sq miles)
- arillus — an aril
- ariosos — Plural form of arioso.
- ariosto — Ludovico (ludoˈviːko). 1474–1533, Italian poet, famous for his romantic epic Orlando Furioso (1516)
- ariseth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'arise'.
- arising — to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise: He arose from his chair when she entered the room.
- aristae — Plural form of arista.
- aristos — Plural form of aristo.
- arkosic — related to arkose
- armpits — Plural form of armpit.
- arrises — a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- arrives — to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.
- arsenic — Arsenic is a very strong poison which can kill people.
- arsines — Plural form of arsine.
- artemis — the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon: the twin sister of Apollo
- artesia — a city in S California.
- artiest — characterized by a showy, pretentious, and often spurious display of artistic interest, manner, or mannerism.
- artigas — José Gervasio. 1764–1850, the national hero of Uruguay. He fought for Uruguayan independence from Argentina, but was driven into exile in 1820
- artisan — An artisan is someone whose job requires skill with their hands.
- artiste — An artiste is a professional entertainer, for example a singer or a dancer.
- artists — Plural form of artist.
- ascarid — any parasitic nematode worm of the family Ascaridae, such as the common roundworm of man and pigs
- ascaris — relating to the ascarid
- ascribe — If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing.
- asherim — an ancient Semitic goddess, sometimes identified with Ashtoreth and Astarte, worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- ashiver — in a shivering manner
- askaris — a native African police officer or soldier, especially one serving a colonial administration.
- aspired — to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.
- aspirer — One who aspires to something.
- aspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aspire.
- aspirin — Aspirin is a mild drug which reduces pain and fever.
- assizer — an official in charge of rules regarding weights and measures and setting prices for certain consumables
- assyria — an ancient kingdom of N Mesopotamia: it established an empire that stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf, reaching its greatest extent between 721 and 633 bc. Its chief cities were Assur and Nineveh
- astaire — Fred, real name Frederick Austerlitz. 1899–1987, US dancer, singer, and actor, whose films include Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and The Band Wagon (1953)
- asteria — a gemstone with a bright star-like effect in the middle
- asterid — a clade or variety of flowering plant
- asterix — the main character in a series of French comics set in Gaul in 50 BC
- astoria — a port in NW Oregon, near the mouth of the Columbia River: founded as a fur-trading post in 1811 by John Jacob Astor. Pop: 9660 (2003 est)
- astrict — to bind, confine, or constrict
- astride — If you sit or stand astride something, you sit or stand with one leg on each side of it.
- astroid — a hypocycloid having four cusps
- at risk — To be at risk means to be in a situation where something unpleasant might happen.
- athirst — having an eager desire; longing