7-letter words containing o, r
- acerola — a small tree or shrub, Malpighia glabra, that grows in the rainforests of N South America, Central America, and Jamaica
- acerose — shaped like a needle, as pine leaves
- acerous — having no antennae.
- acheron — one of the rivers in Hades over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon
- aciform — needle-shaped; sharp
- acorned — covered with acorns
- acrobat — a person noted for his frequent and rapid changes of position or allegiances
- acrogen — any flowerless plant, such as a fern or moss, in which growth occurs from the tip of the main stem
- acronic — acronical
- acronym — An acronym is a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase, especially when this is used as a name. An example of an acronym is NATO which is made up of the first letters of the 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization'.
- acroter — a plinth bearing a statue, etc, at either end or at the apex of a pediment
- acrotic — relating to the surface
- actorly — of, relating to, or characteristic of an actor
- adaptor — An adaptor is a special device for connecting electrical equipment to a power supply, or for connecting different pieces of electrical or electronic equipment together.
- adjourn — If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
- adopter — person who adopts a child
- adoptor — Alternative form of adopter.
- adorant — (poetic) Adoring.
- adorate — To worship, to adore.
- adorers — Plural form of adorer.
- adoring — An adoring person is someone who loves and admires another person very much.
- adorned — to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments: garlands of flowers adorning their hair.
- adorner — someone who adorns
- adreno- — adrenal glands
- adsorbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adsorb.
- advisor — one who gives advice.
- aerator — a person or thing that aerates; specif., a device for aerating a liquid, or a fumigating device
- aerobat — a person who performs spectacular or dangerous manoeuvres while in an aircraft
- aerobee — a U.S. two-stage, liquid-propellant sounding rocket developed in the 1940s that carried scientific instruments and occasionally biological specimens into the upper stratosphere.
- aerobes — Plural form of aerobe.
- aerobic — Aerobic activity exercises and strengthens your heart and lungs.
- aerobot — an unmanned aircraft used esp in space exploration
- aerobus — a type of monorail that is suspended by an overhead cable
- aerogel — a colloid that has a continuous solid phase containing dispersed gas
- aerogen — Any noble gas.
- aerosat — a communications satellite used in air-traffic control and maritime navigation
- aerosol — An aerosol is a small container in which a liquid such as paint or deodorant is kept under pressure. When you press a button, the liquid is forced out as a fine spray or foam.
- aerotow — to tow (an aircraft) through the air.
- affoord — Obsolete spelling of afford.
- afforce — to make stronger; consolidate; reinforce
- affords — to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect: The country can't afford another drought.
- affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
- aflower — (archaic, poetic) flowering, in bloom.
- agarose — a polysaccharide gelatinous substance usually extracted from agar, used mainly in agarose gel electrophoresis and in microbial cultures
- agistor — a person who grazes cattle for money
- agoroth — agorot
- agriope — Eurydice.
- aground — If a ship runs aground, it touches the ground in a shallow part of a river, lake, or the sea, and gets stuck.
- aileron — An aileron is a section on the back edge of the wing of an aircraft that can be raised or lowered in order to control the aircraft's movement.
- air log — Aeronautics. a device for recording the distance traveled by an aircraft, relative to the air through which it moves.