4-letter words containing r, a
- graf — Stephanie Maria ("Steffi") born 1969, German tennis player.
- gram — (in the Volsunga Saga) the sword of Sigmund, broken by Odin, repaired by Regin, and used again by Sigurd in killing Fafnir.
- gran — grandmother.
- gras — A public domain graph-oriented database system for software engineering applications from RWTH Aachen.
- grat — (slang) A gratuity or tip.
- grav — a unit of acceleration equal to the standard acceleration of free fall. 1 grav is equivalent to 9.806 65 metres per second per second
- gray — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- graz — a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- guar — a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
- haar — a thick, wet fog along the seacoast.
- hair — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- hare — any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- hark — to listen attentively; hearken.
- harl — A fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- haro — a cry meaning alas
- harp — a musical instrument consisting of a triangular frame formed by a soundbox, a pillar, and a curved neck, and having strings stretched between the soundbox and the neck that are plucked with the fingers.
- harr — (British, dialectal) A sea mist.
- hart — a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- harz — a range of wooded hills in central Germany, between the Rivers Weser and Elbe: source of many legends. Highest peak: Brocken, 1142 m (3746 ft)
- hear — to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?
- hera — the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- hoar — hoarfrost; rime.
- hora — a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- hyar — (dialectal) here.
- iaru — International Amateur Radio Union
- irak — a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris-Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Capital: Baghdad.
- iran — a republic in SW Asia. About 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Capital: Teheran.
- iraq — a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris-Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Capital: Baghdad.
- iras — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- irda — Infrared Data Association
- irma — a female given name, form of Erma.
- irra — the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- isar — a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isra — Muhammad's Night Journey from the Kaʿba at Mecca to Jerusalem.
- itar — International Traffic in Arms Regulation
- ivar — a male or female given name.
- iyar — the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- izar — a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- jark — A seal (stamp or impression of a stamp).
- jarl — a chieftain; earl.
- jarp — To knock one pace-egg against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other’s egg and leaving one's own intact.
- jars — Plural form of jar.
- jura — juice; gravy.
- kara — (Sikhism) The bangle worn by Sikhs, to remind the wearer to do God's work, and one of the five Ks.
- karl — a male given name, form of Charles.
- karn — (mining, dated) A pile of rocks.
- karo — a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.
- kars — a city in NE Turkey.