7-letter words containing o, r, a, i
- labroid — any percoid fish of the family Labridae (wrasses)
- loamier — Comparative form of loamy.
- locrian — either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- loraine — a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- lorinda — a feminine name
- lorrain — Also, Lorrain. Claude (Claude Gelée) 1600–82, French painter.
- lothair — ("the Saxon") c1070–1137, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of the Germans 1125–37.
- mainour — a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief: to be taken with the mainour.
- marcion — a.d. c100–c160, Christian Gnostic.
- marconi — Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
- maribor — a city in N Slovenia, on the Drava River.
- marisol — (Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- maurois — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), (Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog) 1885–1967, French biographer and novelist.
- memoria — a formal note used in diplomacy as a record of a subject that has been discussed.
- meropia — partial blindness.
- milagro — A traditional religious folk charm of Latin America and nearby regions, coming in a variety of forms.
- minorca — Spanish Menorca. one of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. 271 sq. mi. (700 sq. km).
- mirador — (in Spanish-speaking countries) any architectural feature, as a loggia or balcony, affording a view of the surroundings.
- mirasol — A variety of chili; when dried, the chilis are called guajillos.
- mizoram — a state (since 1986) in NE India, created in 1972 from the former Mizo Hills District of Assam. Capital: Aijal. Pop: 891 058 (2001). Area: about 21 081 sq km (8140 sq miles)
- moraine — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- morandi — Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1964, Italian painter.
- moravia — Alberto [ahl-ber-taw] /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alberto Pincherle) 1907–90, Italian writer.
- mordida — a bribe or kickback.
- morelia — a state in SW Mexico. 23,196 sq. mi. (60,080 sq. km). Capital: Morelia.
- moringa — Any of several trees, of genus Moringa, that grow in tropical and subtropical India and Africa.
- morioka — a city in N Honshu, Japan, on the Kitakami River.
- morphia — a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
- naibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- 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.
- nidaros — former name of Trondheim.
- no fair — not according to the rules
- nordica — Lillian (Lillian Norton) 1859–1914, U.S. soprano.
- noriega — Manuel Antonio, born 1934, military leader of Panama 1983–89: captured by U.S. forces and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking 1992.
- notaire — (in France) a public official authorized by the state to attest and certify certain legal documents, oversee property transactions, etc
- oarfish — any long, ribbon-shaped, silvery fish of the genus Regalecus, of deep tropical waters, having a red dorsal fin along the spine that rises to a crest, and reaching a length of 30 feet (9 meters).
- ocarina — a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
- off air — operating by means of air pressure or by acting upon air: an air drill; an air pump.
- off-air — not broadcast, but said, played, or happening in a radio or television studio context.
- olivary — shaped like an olive.
- ontario — a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- ophiura — a sea creature, similar to a starfish, of the Ophiuridae family
- oralism — the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- oralist — an advocate of oralism.
- orality — the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- oranian — Ibero-Maurusian.
- orarian — a person who lives on the coast
- orarion — a stole worn by deacons.
- orarium — orarion.
- orating — Present participle of orate.