7-letter words starting with ra
- raploch — a coarse homespun woollen material
- rapping — a quick, smart, or light blow: a rap on the knuckles with a ruler.
- rappini — the leaves of the turnip, Brassica rapa, eaten cooked or raw as greens.
- rappist — Harmonist.
- rapport — relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation: a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
- rapture — ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy.
- rarebit — Welsh rabbit.
- rark up — to give (someone) a severe reprimand
- 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.
- raschel — a type of loosely knitted fabric
- rashida — a female given name: from a Swahili word meaning “righteous.”.
- rasping — harsh; grating: a rasping voice.
- rastrum — a pen for drawing the five lines of a musical stave simultaneously
- rat out — be cowardly, withdraw
- rat run — A rat run is a small street which drivers use during busy times in order to avoid heavy traffic on the main roads.
- ratable — capable of being rated or appraised.
- ratably — capable of being rated or appraised.
- ratafia — a sweet liqueur made from wine or grape juice combined with brandy or other spirits and often flavored with almonds, fruit, or fruit kernels.
- ratchet — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- ratfink — fink (defs 3, 4).
- ratfish — a chimaera, Hydrolagus colliei, of the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California, having a ratlike tail.
- rathest — soonest, earliest
- rathole — a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.: The first chore in the old building is to plug up the ratholes.
- ratings — figures based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
- rations — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- ratlike — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ratline — any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- ratling — a young rat
- ratpack — a close-knit group of people with common interests who participate in various professional and recreational activities together.
- rattail — fish with long thin tail
- ratteen — ratiné.
- rattery — the dwelling of a rat or rats
- ratting — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- rattish — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling a rat.
- rattled — to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.
- rattler — a rattlesnake.
- rattoon — a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- rattrap — a device for catching rats.
- raucous — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- raunchy — vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene: a raunchy joke.
- raupatu — the confiscation or seizure of land
- ravaged — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ravager — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- ravages — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- rave-up — a party, especially a wild one.
- raveled — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- raveler — to disentangle or unravel the threads or fibers of (a woven or knitted fabric, rope, etc.).
- ravelin — a V -shaped outwork outside the main ditch and covering the works between two bastions.
- ravenna — a former province of the Papal States, in NE Italy. Capital: Ravenna.
- ravined — marked or furrowed with ravines.