7-letter words containing s, r
- algiers — the capital of Algeria, an ancient port on the Mediterranean; until 1830 a centre of piracy. Pop: 3 260 000 (2005 est)
- allures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allure.
- amasser — One who amasses.
- ambries — Plural form of ambry.
- 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
- amherst — Jeffrey, 1st Baron Amherst. 1717–97, British general who defeated the French in Canada (1758–60): governor general of British North America (1761–63)
- amorism — the state of someone who is preoccupied with love and lovemaking or with writing about love
- amorist — a lover or a writer about love
- amorosa — a female lover
- amoroso — (to be played) lovingly
- amorous — If you describe someone's feelings or actions as amorous, you mean that they involve sexual desire.
- amperes — Plural form of ampere.
- amscray — Leave quickly.
- amtracs — Plural form of amtrac.
- amusers — Plural form of amuser.
- anarchs — Plural form of anarch.
- anchors — the brakes of a motor vehicle
- ancress — a female anchorite
- andrews — Thomas. 1813–85, Irish physical chemist, noted for his work on the liquefaction of gases
- angarsk — an industrial city in SE central Russia, northwest of Irkutsk. Pop: 244 000 (2005 est)
- anglers — Plural form of angler.
- angoras — Plural form of angora.
- anomers — Plural form of anomer.
- anoraks — Plural form of anorak.
- answere — Obsolete spelling of answer.
- answers — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
- antares — the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. It is a variable binary star whose main component, a red supergiant, is associated with a fainter green component. Visual magnitude: 1.2 (red), 6.8 (green); spectral type: M1.5Ib (red); distance: 600 light years
- anteros — Mount, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Mountains. 14,269 feet (4349 meters).
- anterus — Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- anthers — Plural form of anther.
- antlers — Plural form of antler.
- anurans — Plural form of anuran.
- anurous — lacking a tail; tailless; acaudate
- ap star — a peculiar A star whose emission spectrum is characterized by abnormally strong lines of certain ionized metals.
- apercus — a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- aporias — Plural form of aporia.
- appears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appear.
- apports — things brought as offerings; revenues
- apposer — a person who asks questions
- appress — to press together or towards a surface
- apprise — When you are apprised of something, someone tells you about it.
- apropos — Something which is apropos, or apropos of, a subject or event, is connected with it or relevant to it.
- apsaras — a female spirit of water and air
- apyrase — any of various enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate, yielding a phosphate and energy
- arabist — An Arabist is a person who supports Arab interests or knows a lot about the Arabic language.
- arachis — any of various plants native to South America and belonging to the genus Arachis of the family Fabaceae, the most famous of which is the peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
- aragats — extinct volcano in NW Armenia: 13,435 ft (4,095 m)
- araised — Simple past tense and past participle of araise.
- aralias — Plural form of aralia.
- arapesh — a member of a Papuan people of Papua New Guinea.