7-letter words containing o, r, a
- borotra — Jean (Robert) (ʒɑ̃). 1898–1994, French tennis player: secretary general of physical education under the Vichy government (1940)
- borstal — In Britain in the past, a borstal was a kind of prison for young criminals, who were not old enough to be sent to ordinary prisons.
- botargo — a relish consisting of the roe of mullet or tunny, salted and pressed into rolls
- bourkha — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
- bow oar — an oarsman at the bow of a boat
- boxcars — Railroads. a completely enclosed freight car.
- bra top — an item of women's clothing that looks like a bra but is worn as outerwear
- braccio — an Italian unit of measurement based on the length of a man's arm and roughly equivalent to two feet
- bracero — a Mexican labourer working in the USA, esp one admitted into the country to relieve labour shortages during and immediately after World War II
- bradsot — braxy (def 1).
- braford — one of a breed of beef cattle, developed in the southwestern U.S. from Brahman and Hereford stock, especially well adapted to sparse grazing and a hot, humid environment.
- bragdon — Claude, 1866–1946, U.S. architect, stage designer, and author.
- brandon — a masculine name
- branson — Sir Richard. born 1950, British entrepreneur. In 1969 he founded the Virgin record company, adding other interests later, including Virgin Atlantic Airways (1984), Virgin Radio (1993), and the Virgin Rail Group (1996): made the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by boat (1986) and the first of the Pacific by hot-air balloon (1991)
- brasero — a large metal tray for holding burning coals
- bravado — Bravado is an appearance of courage or confidence that someone shows in order to impress other people.
- broad a — of or relating to a type of pronunciation transcription in which symbols correspond approximately to phonemes without taking account of allophonic variations
- broadax — an ax with a broad blade, used as a weapon or for hewing timber
- broaden — When something broadens, it becomes wider.
- broader — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- broadly — You can use broadly to indicate that something is generally true.
- broadus — something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- brocade — Brocade is a thick, expensive material, often made of silk, with a raised pattern on it.
- brocard — an elementary legal principle, often expressed in Latin
- brochan — a type of thin porridge
- brogans — a heavy, sturdy shoe, especially an ankle-high work shoe.
- brokage — brokerage.
- bromate — any salt or ester of bromic acid, containing the monovalent group -BrO3 or ion BrO3–
- brotula — any of several chiefly deep-sea fishes of the family Brotulidae.
- bryozoa — a phylum of invertebrates comprising about 4000 marine and freshwater species of bryozoans.
- bucardo — a recently extinct Spanish mountain goat
- buccaro — unglazed pottery.
- bur oak — an E North American oak, Quercus macrocarpa, having fringed acorn cups and durable timber
- by-road — a side road.
- cabover — of or denoting a truck or lorry in which the cab is over the engine
- cabrito — the flesh of a young goat, used as food
- cajoler — A person who cajoles; a flatterer.
- caldron — a large kettle or boiler
- 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.
- caloyer — a monk of the Greek Orthodox Church, esp of the Basilian Order
- caltrop — any tropical or subtropical plant of the zygophyllaceous genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia that have spiny burs or bracts
- camaron — a freshwater crustacean resembling the crayfish
- camauro — a crimson velvet cap trimmed with ermine, worn by the pope on nonliturgical occasions.
- camcord — (rare, transitive) To record using a camcorder.
- cameron — David (William Donald). born 1966, British politician; leader of the Conservative party 2005–16; prime minister 2010–16
- camorra — a secret society organized in about 1820 in Naples, which thrives on blackmail and extortion
- camphor — Camphor is a strong-smelling white substance used in various medicines, in mothballs, and in making plastics.
- camrose — a city in central Alberta, in W Canada, near Edmonton.
- candour — Candour is the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things.