7-letter words containing o, r, a, i
- aprotic — (of solvents) neither accepting nor donating hydrogen ions
- aration — (obsolete, agriculture) ploughing, tillage.
- 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)
- arborio — a variety of cultivated short-grain rice with a high starch content: used especially for risotto.
- arctoid — similar to a bear
- arecibo — seaport in N Puerto Rico: pop. 100,000
- aretino — Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1492–1556, Italian satirist, poet, and dramatist, noted for his satirical attacks on leading political figures
- 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)
- argotic — a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification: a Restoration play rich in thieves' argot.
- argovie — Aargau
- arguido — A person kept for questioning who is not a formal suspect.
- arigato — (Japanese, colloquial) thank you.
- ariosos — Plural form of arioso.
- ariosto — Ludovico (ludoˈviːko). 1474–1533, Italian poet, famous for his romantic epic Orlando Furioso (1516)
- aristos — Plural form of aristo.
- arizona — a state of the southwestern US: consists of the Colorado plateau in the northeast, including the Grand Canyon, divided from desert in the southwest by mountains rising over 3750 m (12 500 ft). Capital: Phoenix. Pop: 5 580 811 (2003 est). Area: 293 750 sq km (113 417 sq miles)
- arkosic — related to arkose
- armoire — a large cabinet, originally used for storing weapons
- arriero — a mule driver
- 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)
- astroid — a hypocycloid having four cusps
- auditor — An auditor is an accountant who officially examines the accounts of organizations.
- aviator — An aviator is a pilot of a plane, especially in the early days of flying.
- aviform — shaped like a bird
- avodire — a yellow hardwood from an African tree
- avoider — to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person; to avoid taxes; to avoid danger.
- barozzi — Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), Vignola, Giacomo da.
- barrico — a small barrel or similar container for liquids
- barrios — Justo Rufino [hoo-staw roo-fee-naw] /ˈhu stɔ ruˈfi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–85, Guatemalan statesman: president of Guatemala 1873–85.
- bartoli — Cecilia. born 1966, Italian mezzo-soprano, noted for her performances in Mozart and Rossini operas
- biovars — a group of microorganisms, usually bacteria, that have identical genetic but different biochemical or physiological characters.
- bipolar — suffering from bipolar manic-depressive disorder
- bizarro — bizarre
- boarish — coarse, cruel, or sensual
- boiardo — Matteo Maria (matˈtɛːo maˈria), conte de Scandiano. 1434–94, Italian poet; author of the historical epic Orlando Innamorato (1487)
- bolivar — the standard monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 céntimos
- bonaire — an island in the S Caribbean, part of the Netherlands Antilles until their dissolution in 2010, now a special municipality of the Netherlands: one of the Leeward Islands. Chief town: Kralendijk. Pop: 11 537 (2007 est). Area: about 288 sq km (111 sq miles)
- boracic — boric
- boronia — any aromatic rutaceous shrub of the Australian genus Boronia
- braccio — an Italian unit of measurement based on the length of a man's arm and roughly equivalent to two feet
- cabrito — the flesh of a young goat, used as food
- caloric — Caloric means relating to calories.
- calorie — Calories are units used to measure the energy value of food. People who are on diets try to eat food that does not contain many calories.
- caproic — Of, pertaining to, or derived from caproic acid.
- cardio- — heart
- caribou — A caribou is a large north American deer.
- caricom — Caribbean Community and Common Market
- carioca — a Brazilian dance similar to the samba
- cariole — a small open two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle
- carious — (of teeth or bone) affected with caries; decayed