7-letter words containing ora
- isidora — a female given name.
- khorana — Har Gobind [hahr goh-bind] /hɑr ˈgoʊ bɪnd/ (Show IPA), 1922–2011, U.S. biochemist and researcher in genetics, born in India: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1968.
- kia ora — greetings! good luck!
- kilorad — one thousand rads
- koradji — boyla.
- koranic — Alternative spelling of Qur'anic.
- leonora — a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- loraine — a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- lyndora — a female given name.
- majorat — the right of succession which belongs to the first-born child or son of a family
- mandora — a type of bass lute which was the ancestor of the mandolin
- masorah — a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
- massora — a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
- mayoral — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- menorah — a candelabrum having seven branches (as used in the Biblical tabernacle or the Temple in Jerusalem), or any number of branches (as used in modern synagogues).
- mizoram — a state (since 1986) in NE India, created in 1972 from the former Mizo Hills District of Assam. Capital: Aijal. Pop: 891 058 (2001). Area: about 21 081 sq km (8140 sq miles)
- moorage — a place for mooring.
- moraine — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- morales — emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.: the morale of the troops.
- morally — in a moral manner.
- morandi — Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1964, Italian painter.
- morassy — Marshy; fenny.
- moravia — Alberto [ahl-ber-taw] /ɑlˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alberto Pincherle) 1907–90, Italian writer.
- morazan — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1799–1842, Central American statesman and soldier, born in Honduras.
- nemoral — Pertaining to groves or woodland.
- nonoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- odorant — an odorous substance or product.
- oraches — Plural form of orache.
- oracles — (especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- oralism — the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- oralist — an advocate of oralism.
- orality — the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- oranges — a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
- orangey — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- oranian — Ibero-Maurusian.
- orantes — orant.
- orarian — a person who lives on the coast
- orarion — a stole worn by deacons.
- orarium — orarion.
- orating — Present participle of orate.
- oration — a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- orators — Plural form of orator.
- oratory — skill or eloquence in public speaking: The evangelist moved thousands to repentance with his oratory.
- oratrix — a woman who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence.
- oxymora — a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”.
- pandora — Classical Mythology. the first woman, created by Hephaestus, endowed by the gods with all the graces and treacherously presented to Epimetheus along with a box (originally a jar) in which Prometheus had confined all the evils that could trouble humanity. As the gods had anticipated, Pandora gave in to her curiosity and opened the box, allowing the evils to escape, thereby frustrating the efforts of Prometheus. In some versions, the box contained blessings, all of which escaped but hope.
- pechora — a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- peroral — administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.
- phorate — a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 1 7 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- pignora — property held as security for a debt.