7-letter words containing o, r
- air out — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- air-con — Air-con is the same as air conditioning.
- airboat — a light, flat-bottomed boat driven by a propeller revolving in the air
- airdrop — a delivery of supplies, troops, etc, from an aircraft by parachute
- airflow — The airflow around an object or vehicle is the way that the air flows around it.
- airfoil — a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade
- airglow — the faint light from the upper atmosphere in the night sky, esp in low latitudes
- airhole — A hole provided for ventilation or breathing.
- airhose — a hose for conducting air under pressure, as one connected to an air pump, an air brake, or a scuba tank.
- airlock — An airlock is a small room that is used to move between areas which do not have the same air pressure, for example in a spacecraft or submarine.
- airport — An airport is a place where aircraft land and take off, which has buildings and facilities for passengers.
- airpost — the system of delivering mail by air; airmail
- airprox — a near collision between two or more aircraft
- airshot — aircheck
- airshow — An airshow is an event at which aeroplane pilots entertain the public by performing very skilful and complicated movements with the aircraft in the sky.
- airsoft — A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a compressed-air gun.
- airstop — a landing place for helicopters
- akiraho — a small New Zealand shrub, Olearia paniculata, with white flowers
- alamort — exhausted, half-dead
- alarcon — Pedro Antonio de (ˈpeðro anˈtonjo de). 1833–91, Spanish novelist and short-story writer, noted for his humorous sketches of rural life, esp in The Three-Cornered Hat (1874)
- alastor — an avenging spirit or demon
- albergo — (in Italy) a corporation of noble families typically formed to enable the success of business ventures
- alborak — the white horse that Muhammad rode to heaven.
- alcoran — the Koran
- alcorza — a Spanish sweet
- alerion — an eagle, usually without a beak or feet
- alforja — a saddlebag made of leather or canvas
- alfredo — (of food) cooked with a sauce made of cheese, cream, and eggs
- alghero — a seaport in W Sardinia.
- alienor — a person who transfers property to another
- aliform — wing-shaped; alar
- alkoran — the Koran
- all for — If you say that you are all for doing something, you agree or strongly believe that it should be done, but you are also often suggesting that other people disagree with you or that there are practical difficulties.
- allegro — An allegro is a piece of classical music that should be played quickly and in a lively way.
- allobar — any form of an element with a different isotopic composition than that of the naturally occurring form of the element
- allover — over the whole surface
- allport — Gordon W(illard) 1897–1967, U.S. psychologist and educator.
- allwork — Domestic or other work of all kinds.
- almoner — In Britain, an almoner is a social worker who works in a hospital.
- almonry — the house of an almoner, usually the place where alms were given
- alphorn — a wind instrument used in the Swiss Alps, consisting of a very long tube of wood or bark with a cornet-like mouthpiece
- altdorf — a town in central Switzerland, capital of Uri canton: setting of the William Tell legend. Pop: 8541 (2000)
- althorn — a valved brass musical instrument belonging to the saxhorn or flügelhorn families
- amarone — a strong dry red Italian wine
- amatory — of, relating to, or inciting sexual love or desire
- ambroid — amberoid
- ambrose — Saint. ?340–397 ad, bishop of Milan; built up the secular power of the early Christian Church; also wrote music and Latin hymns. Feast day: Dec 7 or April 4
- amokura — a white pelagian bird, Paethon rubricauda, of tropical latitudes in the Indian and Pacific oceans, with a red beak and long red tail feathers
- amon-ra — a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- amon-re — the ancient Egyptian sun god