10-letter words containing a, e, r, i
- air-minded — interested in or promoting aviation or aircraft
- air-to-sea — operating between an aircraft in flight and a target on the sea
- airbrasive — a method of removing deposits from the teeth, or rarely, of preparing teeth for filling, by wearing down the surface with an abrasive substance blown by a jet of air
- airbrushed — Simple past tense and past participle of airbrush.
- airbrushes — Plural form of airbrush.
- aircrewman — a member of an aircrew.
- airdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of airdrop.
- airfreight — a method or service for transporting cargo by air
- airstreams — Plural form of airstream.
- airstrikes — Plural form of airstrike.
- alcaiceria — a silk market
- alcheringa — (often initial capital letter) dreamtime.
- alderflies — Plural form of alderfly.
- aldermanic — a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- aldotriose — (carbohydrate) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde.
- aleixandre — Vicente (viˈθɛnte). 1898–1984, Spanish poet, whose collections include La destrucción o el amor (1935; Destruction or Love): Nobel prize for literature 1977
- alessandri — Jorge [hawr-he] /ˈhɔr hɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, Chilean engineer and statesman: president 1958–64.
- alexandria — the chief port of Egypt, on the Nile Delta: cultural centre of ancient times, founded by Alexander the Great (332 bc). Pop: 3 760 000 (2005 est)
- algebraist — an expert in algebra.
- alger hiss — Alger, 1904–96, U.S. public official, accused of espionage 1948 and imprisoned for perjury 1950–54.
- algerienne — a brightly striped woolen fabric used for tents, awnings, curtains, etc.
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alimentary — of or relating to nutrition
- alipterion — (in an ancient Roman bath) a room for anointment.
- alisanders — Alternative form of alexanders (plant).
- aliterates — Plural form of aliterate.
- allegories — Plural form of allegory.
- allegorist — a person who writes allegories
- allegorize — to transform (a story, narrative, fable, etc) into or compose in the form of allegory
- allergenic — causing allergic sensitization.
- allergists — Plural form of allergist.
- alleviator — a person or thing that alleviates.
- alliterate — to contain or cause to contain alliteration
- allomerism — similarity of crystalline structure in substances of different chemical composition
- allomerize — to undergo allomerism.
- allometric — Of or pertaining to allometry.
- allosteric — of, relating to, or designating a function of an enzyme in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule
- almoravide — a member of a fanatical people of Berber origin and Islamic faith, who founded an empire in N Africa that spread over much of Spain in the 11th century ad
- alpestrine — (of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine
- alpine fir — a fir, Abies lasiocarpa, of the Rocky Mountains, yielding a soft, brittle wood used for making boxes, crates, etc.
- altar wine — wine for use in a Eucharistic service.
- altarpiece — An altarpiece is a work of art behind the altar in a church.
- alter idem — another of the same kind; second self
- alteration — An alteration is a change in or to something.
- alterative — likely or able to produce alteration
- alternatim — (in sacred music) alternating between two modes
- altimeters — Plural form of altimeter.
- altimetric — Of or pertaining to altimetry.
- amarantine — amaranthine
- amateurish — If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.