7-letter words containing r, o
- bogarde — Sir Dirk, real name Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde. 1920–99, British film actor and writer: his films include The Servant (1963) and Death in Venice (1970). His writings include the autobiographical A Postillion Struck by Lightning (1977) and the novel A Period of Adjustment (1994)
- boggart — a ghost or poltergeist
- boggler — a person who boggles, or a thing which causes one to boggle
- bohrium — a transuranic element artificially produced in minute quantities by bombarding 204Bi atoms with 54Cr nuclei. Symbol: Bh; atomic no: 107
- boiardo — Matteo Maria (matˈtɛːo maˈria), conte de Scandiano. 1434–94, Italian poet; author of the historical epic Orlando Innamorato (1487)
- boilery — a place where water is boiled in order to extract salt
- bojardo — Matteo Maria [mah-tey-oh muh-ree-uh;; Italian maht-te-aw mah-ree-ah] /mɑˈteɪ oʊ məˈri ə;; Italian mɑtˈtɛ ɔ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1434–94, Italian poet.
- bokhara — Bukhara.
- bolivar — the standard monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 céntimos
- bollard — Bollards are short thick concrete posts that are used to prevent cars from going on to someone's land or on to part of a road.
- bolster — If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
- bombard — If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them.
- bomberg — David. 1890–1957, British painter, noted esp for his landscapes
- bombora — a submerged reef
- bonaire — an island in the S Caribbean, part of the Netherlands Antilles until their dissolution in 2010, now a special municipality of the Netherlands: one of the Leeward Islands. Chief town: Kralendijk. Pop: 11 537 (2007 est). Area: about 288 sq km (111 sq miles)
- bonfire — A bonfire is a fire that is made outdoors, usually to burn rubbish. Bonfires are also sometimes lit as part of a celebration.
- bonheur — Rosa (roza). 1822–99, French painter of animals
- bonjour — hello
- bonkers — If you say that someone is bonkers, you mean that they are silly or act in a crazy way.
- bonnard — Pierre (pjɛr). 1867–1947, French painter and lithographer, noted for the effects of light and colour in his landscapes and sunlit interiors
- bonsoir — good evening
- boobird — a person who habitually criticizes or jeers
- boodler — a person involved in bribery or corruption
- boorish — Boorish behaviour is rough, uneducated, and rude.
- booster — A booster is something that increases a positive or desirable quality.
- bootery — a shop selling boots and shoes
- boracic — boric
- borasca — (especially in the Mediterranean) a squall, usually accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- borasco — (especially in the Mediterranean) a squall, usually accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- borazon — an extremely hard form of boron nitride
- borders — administrative division of S Scotland, on the English border: 1,800 sq mi (4,662 sq km); pop. 101,000
- bordure — the outer edge of a shield, esp when decorated distinctively
- boredom — Boredom is the state of being bored.
- borelli — Giovanni Alfonso [joh-vah-nee al-fon-soh,, -zoh,, jee-uh-;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee ahl-fawn-zaw] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ,, ˌdʒi ə-;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni ɑlˈfɔn zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1608–79, Italian astronomer, physicist, and physiologist.
- borglum — (John) Gutzon (ˈɡʌtsən). 1867–1941, US sculptor, noted for his monumental busts of US presidents carved in the mountainside of Mount Rushmore
- borings — Machinery. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole. the hole so made.
- boris i — known as Boris of Bulgaria. died 907 ad, khan of Bulgaria. His reign saw the conversion of Bulgaria to Christianity and the birth of a national literature
- borisov — a city in N central Byelorussia, NE of Minsk.
- borking — to attack (a candidate or public figure) systematically, especially in the media.
- borlaug — Norman (Ernest). 1914–2009, US agronomist, who bred new strains of high-yielding cereal crops for use in developing countries. Nobel peace prize 1970
- bormann — Martin. 1900–45, German Nazi politician; Hitler's adviser and private secretary (1942–45): committed suicide
- bornean — of or relating to Borneo or its inhabitants
- borneol — a white solid terpene alcohol extracted from the Malaysian tree Dryobalanops aromatica, used in perfume and in the manufacture of organic esters. Formula: C10H17OH
- bornite — a mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron that tarnishes to purple or dark red. It occurs in copper deposits. Formula: Cu5FeS4
- borodin — Aleksandr Porfirevich (alɪkˈsandr pərfiˈrjevitʃ). 1834–87, Russian composer, whose works include the unfinished opera Prince Igor, symphonies, songs, and chamber music
- boronia — any aromatic rutaceous shrub of the Australian genus Boronia
- boronic — of or relating to boron
- borotra — Jean (Robert) (ʒɑ̃). 1898–1994, French tennis player: secretary general of physical education under the Vichy government (1940)
- borough — A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council.
- borscht — a Russian and Polish soup based on beetroot