7-letter words containing n, o, b, r
- nairobi — a republic in E Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British crown colony and protectorate. 223,478 sq. mi. (578,808 sq. km). Capital: Nairobi.
- neibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- newborn — recently or only just born.
- nobbier — Comparative form of nobby.
- nobbler — to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- nombril — the point in an escutcheon between the middle of the base and the fess point.
- norbert — a male given name.
- o'brien — Edna, born 1930, Irish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- oberlin — Jean Frédéric [French zhahn frey-dey-reek] /French ʒɑ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1740–1826, Alsatian clergyman.
- obregon — Alvaro [ahl-vah-raw] /ˈɑl vɑ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1928, Mexican general and statesman: president 1920–24.
- onboard — provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship's many onboard services.
- orbison — Roy, 1936–88, U.S. rock and roll singer and songwriter.
- osborne — John (James) 1929–94, English playwright.
- outburn — (intransitive) To burn away; be consumed by fire.
- pibgorn — an ancient wind instrument of Wales resembling the hornpipe.
- preborn — not yet born
- proband — a patient who is the initial member of a family to come under study.
- probang — a long, slender, elastic rod with a sponge, ball, or the like, at the end, to be introduced into the esophagus or larynx, as for removing foreign bodies, or for introducing medication.
- probing — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
- rabboni — a respectful Jewish title or form of address (usually given to a rabbi) meaning master
- 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.
- reboant — resounding or reverberating loudly.
- rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
- redbone — an American hound having a red coat, used in hunting raccoons, bears, cougars, and wildcats.
- ribbons — ragged strips or shreds
- ribston — a variety of winter apple, full name ribston pippin apple, grown first in Normandy and imported to Yorkshire
- robbing — to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
- robbins — Frederick C(hapman) 1916–2003, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1954.
- robeson — Paul, 1898–1976, U.S. singer and actor.
- robinia — any tree of the leguminous genus Robinia, esp the locust tree
- rubdown — a massage, especially after exercise or a steam bath.
- rubicon — a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 miles (24 km) long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b.c., Julius Caesar made a major military commitment.
- sanborn — a male given name.
- skyborn — born in heaven
- sorbent — a surface that sorbs.
- sorbian — of or relating to the Wends or their language.
- sorbing — to gather on a surface either by absorption, adsorption, or a combination of the two processes.
- soroban — a Japanese abacus of Chinese derivation.
- taborin — a small tabor.
- to burn — in excess
- trabzon — official name of Trebizond.
- unborne — not carried
- unbroke — unbroken.
- unibrow — a pair of eyebrows that appear to be connected because of some extra hair growing in the space between them: He had very bushy eyebrows, almost a unibrow.
- unsober — not sober
- upborne — to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
- zorbing — (originally New Zealand) A sport in which a participant is secured inside a zorb and rolled downhill.