7-letter words containing o, r
- 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.
- bossier — studded with bosses.
- bostryx — a type of cymose inflorescence normally affecting all flowers on one side of the rachis
- botargo — a relish consisting of the roe of mullet or tunny, salted and pressed into rolls
- botcher — to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up): He botched up the job thoroughly.
- bottger — Johann Friedrich [yoh-hahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1682–1719, German chemist.
- bottler — A bottler is a person or company that puts drinks into bottles.
- bottrop — an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Ruhr. Pop: 120 324 (2003 est)
- boucher — François (frɑ̃swa). 1703–70, French rococo artist, noted for his delicate ornamental paintings of pastoral scenes and mythological subjects
- boudoir — A boudoir is a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.
- boulder — A boulder is a large rounded rock.
- boulter — a long, stout fishing line with several hooks attached.
- bouncer — A bouncer is a man who stands at the door of a club, prevents unwanted people from coming in, and makes people leave if they cause trouble.
- bounder — If you call a man a bounder, you mean he behaves in an unkind, deceitful, or selfish way.
- bourbon — Bourbon is a type of whisky that is made mainly in America.
- bourder — a person who jests or jokes
- bourdon — a 16-foot organ stop of the stopped diapason type
- bourges — a city in central France. Pop: 72 480 (1999)
- bourget — a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.
- bourkha — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
- bourree — traditional French dance in fast duple time
- boursin — a brand of soft white creamy cheese, often flavoured with garlic
- bouvier — a large powerful dog of a Belgian breed, having a rough shaggy coat: used esp for cattle herding and guarding
- bow oar — an oarsman at the bow of a boat
- bowlder — boulder
- boxcars — Railroads. a completely enclosed freight car.
- boxroom — a small room or large cupboard in which boxes, cases, etc, may be stored
- 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.
- brenton — Howard. born 1942, British dramatist, author of such controversial plays as The Churchill Play (1974), The Romans in Britain (1980), (with David Hare) Pravda (1985), and several topical satires with Tariq Ali
- bresson — Robert (rɔbɛr). 1901–99, French film director: his films include Le Journal d'un curé de campagne (1950), Une Femme douce (1969), and L'Argent (1983)
- bricole — a shot in which the cue ball touches a cushion after striking the object ball and before touching another ball
- bridoon — a horse's bit: a small snaffle used in double bridles
- brinton — Daniel Garrison, 1837–99, U.S. physician, archaeologist, and anthropologist.
- brioche — Brioche is a kind of sweet bread.
- brissot — Jacques-Pierre (ʒakpjɛr). 1754–93, French journalist and revolutionary; leader of the Girondists: executed by the Jacobins
- bristol — seaport in Avon, SW England: county district pop. 376,000
- bristow — Eric. born 1957, British darts player: world champion five times (1980–81, 1984–86)
- britcom — a comedy, especially a television series, made in the United Kingdom.
- britpop — Britpop is a type of pop music made by British bands. It was especially popular in the mid-1990s.
- britton — Nathaniel Lord, 1859–1934, U.S. botanist.
- broad a — of or relating to a type of pronunciation transcription in which symbols correspond approximately to phonemes without taking account of allophonic variations