7-letter words that end in ra
- montera — A traditional Iberian hat associated with bullfighters.
- ngarara — a lizard
- niagara — a river on the boundary between W New York and Ontario, Canada, flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. 34 miles (55 km) long.
- nothura — Any member of the genus Nothura of birds in the tinamou family.
- olestra — a synthetic oil used as a substitute for dietary fat: not digested or absorbed by the human body.
- omolara — a male given name: from a West African word meaning “child born at the right time.”.
- ophiura — a sea creature, similar to a starfish, of the Ophiuridae family
- ovipara — oviparous animals considered collectively
- 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.”.
- palabra — a word.
- palmira — a city in W Colombia.
- palmyra — an ancient city in central Syria, NE of Damascus: reputedly built by Solomon.
- 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.
- pandura — a Graeco-Roman stringed instrument, similar to a lute
- pareira — the root of a South American vine, Chondodendron tomentosum, used as a source of curare, a diuretic, etc.
- partera — a midwife.
- pechora — a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1110 miles (1785 km) long.
- pereira — Irene Rice, 1907–71, U.S. artist.
- pescara — a city in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- phaedra — the wife of Theseus who fell in love with Hippolytus, her stepson, and eventually hanged herself after causing his death.
- phalera — a metal disk or boss worn on a man's breast as an ornament or as a military decoration or used to adorn the harness of a horse.
- philtra — Anatomy. the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.
- pignora — property held as security for a debt.
- plectra — plectrum.
- podagra — gouty inflammation of the great toe.
- pollera — a gaily colored costume worn by women during fiestas in Latin-American countries.
- purpura — a disease characterized by purple or brownish-red spots on the skin or mucous membranes, caused by the extravasation of blood.
- rasbora — any of several minnows of the genus Rasbora, inhabiting fresh waters of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, especially the silvery R. heteromorpha, that has a black triangular marking near the tail and is often kept in aquariums.
- rhodora — a low North American shrub, Rhododendron canadense, of the heath family, having rose-colored flowers that appear before the leaves.
- riviera — a resort area along the Mediterranean coast, extending from Saint Tropez, in SE France, to La Spezia, in NW Italy. French Côte d'Azur.
- saburra — a granular deposit
- sakkara — a village in S Egypt, S of Cairo: site of the necropolis of ancient Memphis; step pyramids; mastabas.
- samarra — a town in central Iraq, on the Tigris: seat of the early Abassid caliphs.
- samsara — Buddhism. the process of coming into existence as a differentiated, mortal creature. Compare nirvana (def 1).
- sankara — Shankara.
- santera — a priestess of Santería.
- saqqara — a village in S Egypt, S of Cairo: site of the necropolis of ancient Memphis; step pyramids; mastabas.
- saundra — a female given name.
- schirra — Walter Marty, Jr [mahr-tee] /ˈmɑr ti/ (Show IPA), 1923–2007, U.S. astronaut.
- senhora — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- sephora — Zipporah.
- shastra — any of the sacred books of Hinduism.
- signora — a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- sikhara — a convexly tapering tower, capped by an amalaka.
- sinatra — Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- socotra — an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- sokotra — an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- spectra — a plural of spectrum.
- stagira — an ancient town in NE Greece, in Macedonia on the E Chalcidice peninsula: birthplace of Aristotle.
- sumatra — a large island in the W part of Indonesia. 164,147 sq. mi. (425,141 sq. km).