4-letter words containing ra
- nora — a female given name, form of Honora.
- ocra — Alternative spelling of okra.
- odra — the Oder
- okra — a shrub, Abelmoschus esculentus, of the mallow family, bearing beaked pods.
- opra — Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority
- orac — Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity: a measure of the ability of a substance, esp the blood, to absorb free radicals, used in determining the antioxidant effects of foods
- orad — toward the mouth or the oral region.
- orae — plural of os2 .
- oral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- oran — a seaport in NW Algeria.
- orra — not regular or scheduled; odd: orra work.
- para — a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- pera — a modern section of Istanbul, Turkey, N of the Golden Horn: commercial and residential area.
- prad — Informal. horse.
- prag — German name of Prague.
- pram — a flat-bottomed, snub-nosed boat used as a fishing vessel or tender for larger vessels.
- prao — proa.
- prat — the buttocks.
- prau — proa.
- pray — to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- raab — Julius, 1891–1964, Austrian engineer and statesman: chancellor of Austria 1953–61.
- raad — Electric catfish.
- raaf — Royal Australian Air Force
- rabe — David (William) born 1940, U.S. playwright.
- rabi — the fourth month of the Muslim calendar.
- raca — a biblical word meaning 'worthless' or 'empty'
- race — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- racf — Resource Access Control Facility
- rach — A dog that hunts by scent.
- rack — the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
- racq — Royal Automobile Club of Queensland
- racy — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- rada — (politics) a parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries.
- rade — Obsolete spelling of road.
- radm — Rear Admiral
- raec — Royal Army Educational Corps
- raff — Joseph Joachim, 1822–82, Swiss composer.
- raft — a great quantity; a lot: a raft of trouble.
- raga — one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- rage — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- ragg — made of or designating a sturdy yarn made up of multiple light and dark, esp. cream and gray, strands producing a flecked pattern
- ragi — a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rags — a musical composition in ragtime: a piano rag.
- ragu — a rich, slow-cooked sauce for pasta consisting primarily of meat: a sausage and tomato ragù.
- rahv — Philip, 1908–73, U.S. literary critic, born in Russia.
- raia — rayah.
- raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- raik — a route, a journey
- rail — any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
- rain — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).