8-letter words containing a, c, r, i
- arc sine — the angle, measured in radians, that has a sine equal to a given number. Symbol: sin −1. Abbreviation: arc sin, arcsin;
- arcadian — of or relating to Arcadia or its inhabitants, esp the idealized Arcadia of pastoral poetry
- arcading — An arrangement of arcades.
- arcanist — a person with secret knowledge of a manufacturing technique
- arcesius — a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- archaise — Standard spelling of from=non-Oxford.
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- archaist — something archaic, as a word or expression.
- archaize — to give an archaic appearance or character to, as by the use of archaisms
- archival — Archival means belonging or relating to archives.
- archived — Simple past tense and past participle of archive.
- archiver — One who, or that which, archives.
- archives — Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archwise — like an arch
- arciform — shaped like an arch
- arclight — A lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.
- arctiids — Plural form of arctiid.
- argentic — of or containing silver in the divalent or trivalent state
- argerich — Martha. born 1941, Argentinian concert pianist
- armchair — An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms.
- armonica — a glass harmonica, being a musical instrument of the 18th century consisting of a set of glass bowls of graduated pitches, played by rubbing the fingers over the moistened rims or by a keyboard mechanism
- armorica — an ancient name for Brittany
- aromatic — An aromatic plant or food has a strong, pleasant smell of herbs or spices.
- arriccio — (formerly in fresco painting) a second coat of plaster, somewhat finer than the first coat, applied over the entire surface and on which the drawing for the fresco is done.
- articals — Misspelling of articles Plural form of artical.
- articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
- articles — legal training
- artifact — any object made by human work; esp., a simple or primitive tool, weapon, vessel, etc.
- artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- artistic — Someone who is artistic is good at drawing or painting, or arranging things in a beautiful way.
- aruspicy — haruspicy.
- arvicole — a mouse or water vole that belongs to the genus Arvicola
- arythmic — relating to arythmia
- ascarids — Plural form of ascarid.
- ascorbic — Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its derivatives.
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- ascribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe.
- aspartic — Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its derivatives.
- aspermic — (of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
- aspheric — a lens that has a shape that is not completely round
- ataraxic — a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity.
- atrichia — congenital absence or loss of hair.
- atrocity — An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
- atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- auricula — a widely cultivated alpine primrose, Primula auricula, with leaves shaped like a bear's ear
- aurignac — a village in S France: many prehistoric artifacts found in area.
- autarkic — the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation.
- avicular — of or relating to small birds