7-letter words containing r, o, b
- burdock — a coarse weedy Eurasian plant of the genus Arctium, having large heart-shaped leaves, tiny purple flowers surrounded by hooked bristles, and burlike fruits: family Asteraceae (composites)
- burgeon — If something burgeons, it grows or develops rapidly.
- burnous — a long circular cloak with a hood attached, worn esp by Arabs
- burnout — If someone suffers burnout, they exhaust themselves at an early stage in their life or career because they have achieved too much too quickly.
- burrito — A burrito is a tortilla containing a filling of ground beef, chicken, cheese, or beans.
- but for — You use but for to introduce the only factor that causes a particular thing not to happen or not to be completely true.
- by rote — by repetition; by heart (often in the phrase learn by rote)
- by-form — a subsidiary or variant form
- by-road — a side road.
- by-word — a word or phrase associated with some person or thing; a characteristic expression, typical greeting, or the like.
- by-work — work done in addition to one's regular work, as in intervals of leisure.
- byronic — of, like, or characteristic of Byron or his writings; romantic, passionate, cynical, ironic, etc.
- bywoner — a poor tenant farmer
- 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
- carabao — water buffalo
- carbone — Obsolete form of carbon.
- carbons — Short for carbon copies.
- carbora — a koala
- carboys — Plural form of carboy.
- caribou — A caribou is a large north American deer.
- chabrol — Claude (klod). 1930–2010, French film director, whose films, such as Le Beau Serge (1958), Les Biches (1968), Le Boucher (1969), Au coeur du mensonge (1999), and La Fleur du mal (2003) explore themes of jealousy, guilt, and murder
- chobdar — a macebearer or attendant of a king or eminent dignitary in India
- ciboria — Plural form of ciborium.
- cirebon — a port in S central Indonesia, on N Java on the Java Sea: scene of the signing of the Tjirebon Agreement of Indonesian independence (1946) by the Netherlands. Pop: 272 263 (2000)
- clobber — You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
- clotbur — the burdock
- cobbers — Plural form of cobber.
- cobbler — A cobbler is a person whose job is to make or mend shoes.
- cobourg — a piece-dyed or printed twill dress fabric or lining cloth.
- coimbra — a city in central Portugal: capital of Portugal from 1190 to 1260; seat of the country's oldest university. Pop: 148 474 (2001)
- colbert — Claudette, real name Claudette Lily Chauchoin. 1905–96, French-born Hollywood actress, noted for her sophisticated comedy roles; her films include It Happened One Night (1934) and The Palm Beach Story (1942)
- colibri — a hummingbird
- combers — Plural form of comber.
- corbans — Plural form of corban.
- corbeau — a blackish green colour
- corbeil — a carved ornament in the form of a basket of fruit, flowers, etc
- corbels — Plural form of corbel.
- corbett — any separate mountain peak between 2500 feet and 3000 feet high: originally used of Scotland only, but now sometimes extended to other parts of the British Isles
- corbina — a marine food fish, Menticirrhus undulatus, found in Pacific waters off Mexico and California
- cordoba — standard monetary unit of Nicaragua
- corncob — the core of an ear of maize, to which kernels are attached
- corumba — a city in W Brazil.
- corymbs — Plural form of corymb.
- courbet — Gustave (ɡystav). 1819–77, French painter, a leader of the realist movement; noted for his depiction of contemporary life
- cowbird — any of various American orioles of the genera Molothrus, Tangavius, etc, esp M. ater (common or brown-headed cowbird). They have a dark plumage and short bill
- cowherb — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Saponaria vaccaria, having clusters of pink flowers: a weed in the US
- crombec — any African Old World warbler of the genus Sylvietta, having colourful plumage
- crontab — (computing, Unix) A table of commands to be executed periodically.
- crowbar — A crowbar is a heavy iron bar which is used as a lever.