8-letter words containing a, c, r, i
- agraphic — having or relating to agraphia
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- agricola — Gnaeus Julius (ˈniːəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs) 40–93 ad, Roman general; governor of Britain who advanced Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth
- air cell — Anatomy, Zoology, Botany. a cavity or receptacle containing air.
- air cock — a small tap or valve for controlling the entrance or escape of air from a pipe, chamber, etc.
- air duct — a pipe or channel permitting air to travel through a system, building, or other structure, such as a mine
- air lock — an airtight compartment, with adjustable air pressure, between places that do not have the same air pressure, as between the working compartment of a caisson and the outside
- air-cool — to cool (an engine) by a flow of air
- air-core — having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.
- air-lock — to place in or confine to an air lock: to air-lock divers before they descend.
- airbrick — a brick with holes in it, put into the wall of a building for ventilation
- aircheck — a recording made from a radio or television broadcast, often used for demonstration or quality control purposes
- aircoach — a bus that transports passengers to and from an airport
- aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which can fly, for example an aeroplane or a helicopter.
- aircrews — Plural form of aircrew.
- airforce — Alternative spelling of air force.
- airlocks — Plural form of airlock.
- airscape — a view of the land or sea below from the air
- airscrew — an aircraft propeller
- airspace — A country's airspace is the part of the sky that is over that country and is considered to belong to it.
- alacrity — If you do something with alacrity, you do it quickly and eagerly.
- alberich — (in medieval German legend) the king of the dwarfs and guardian of the treasures of the Nibelungs
- alcindor — (Ferdinand) Lew(is, Jr.) original name of Abdul-Jabbar.
- aldicarb — a crystalline compound, C7H14N2O2S, used as a pesticide against insects, mites and nematodes
- allergic — If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it.
- altrices — altricial birds
- amercing — Present participle of amerce.
- american — An American is a person who comes from the United States of America.
- americas — People sometimes refer to North America, Central America, and South America collectively as the Americas.
- americus — a city in SW central Georgia.
- amorphic — Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
- amphoric — resembling the sound produced by blowing into a bottle. Amphoric breath sounds are heard through a stethoscope placed over a cavity in the lung
- anarchic — If you describe someone or something as anarchic, you disapprove of them because they do not recognize or obey any rules or laws.
- anephric — (pathology) Without functioning kidneys.
- anomeric — (organic chemistry) Of, or pertaining to anomers.
- anorchia — An intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth.
- anorexic — If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin.
- antirock — opposed to rock music
- anuretic — relating to an inability to urinate
- aoristic — Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- apocrine — denoting a type of glandular secretion in which part of the secreting cell is lost with the secretion, as in mammary glands
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- apractic — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized by an inability to perform purposeful movements, but not accompanied by a loss of sensory function or paralysis.
- apricate — to sunbathe or bask in the sun
- apricity — (obsolete) The warmth of the Sun.
- apricots — Plural form of apricot.
- apurimac — a river in S Peru, rising in the Andes and flowing northwest into the Urubamba River. Length: about 885 km (550 miles)
- apyretic — without fever
- arachnid — any terrestrial chelicerate arthropod of the class Arachnida, characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. The group includes the spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and harvestmen
- arancini — (in Italian cookery) a dish consisting of balls of rice stuffed with a savoury filling, coated in breadcrumbs and fried