10-letter words containing a, e, r, i
- aerotropic — of or relating to the growth of plants towards or away from oxygen
- aeruginous — bluish-green, like copper rust
- affirmable — having the ability to be verified or confirmed
- affirmance — a verification, confirmation, or affirmation
- affricates — Plural form of affricate.
- affrighted — to frighten.
- affrighten — to cause alarm or fright (in)
- affrontive — characterized by a propensity to cause offence
- aforesaide — Archaic spelling of aforesaid.
- africander — one of a breed of red beef cattle, raised originally in southern Africa, well adapted to high temperatures.
- africanize — to make African, esp to give control of (policy, government, etc) to Africans
- afrikander — a breed of humpbacked beef cattle originally raised in southern Africa
- afterbirth — the placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus after the birth of the offspring
- afterbrain — metencephalon (sense 1)
- afterimage — a sustained or renewed sensation, esp visual, after the original stimulus has ceased
- afterlight — the light visible in the sky after sunset; afterglow.
- afterlives — Plural form of afterlife.
- afterpains — cramplike pains caused by contraction of the uterus after childbirth
- afterpiece — a brief usually comic dramatic piece presented after a play
- afterwhile — (US, dialect) afterwards.
- aggeration — A heaping up; accumulation.
- aggrandise — to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
- aggrandize — To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
- aggressing — to commit the first act of hostility or offense; attack first.
- aggression — Aggression is a quality of anger and determination that makes you ready to attack other people.
- aggressive — An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- aggrieving — Present participle of aggrieve.
- agreeingly — (obsolete) In a manner that agrees or corresponds.
- agrégation — (in France) a civil service examination for some posts in secondary and higher education
- aid worker — a person who works for an aid agency
- air battle — a fight between the aircraft of two opposing sides in a war
- air bridge — a link by air transport between two places, esp two places separated by a stretch of sea
- air bubble — a small pocket of air in a liquid, glass, metal etc
- air castle — a fanciful or impractical notion or hope; daydream.
- air engine — an engine that uses the expansion of heated air to drive a piston
- air filter — filter that removes dust from air
- air hammer — a pneumatic hammer, usually portable.
- air hunger — deep, rapid, and labored breathing caused by an increased respiratory drive due to abnormally low blood oxygen levels, as in severe heart failure or asthma.
- air jacket — an air-filled envelope or compartment surrounding a machine or part to reduce the rate at which heat is transferred to or from it
- air letter — an airmail letter
- air pocket — a localized region of low air density or a descending air current, causing an aircraft to suffer an abrupt decrease in height
- air police — members of an air force assigned to carry on police duties
- air shower — a shower of secondary cosmic radiation, caused by the interaction of cosmic radiation or gamma radiation with the atmosphere.
- air strike — An air strike is an attack by military aircraft in which bombs are dropped. This expression is usually used by the country or group that is carrying out the attack.
- air system — a system of refrigeration utilizing air as a coolant.
- air ticket — a ticket to travel on a commercial plane
- air travel — transportation in aircraft
- air-cooled — An air-cooled engine is prevented from getting too hot when it is running by cool air that passes over it, rather than being cooled by a liquid.
- air-intake — an opening in an aircraft through which air is drawn, esp for the engines
- air-logged — (of a pump or system of piping) hindered in its functioning by an air lock; air-bound.