9-letter words containing a, e, r, i
- aerophile — (biology) Any air-breathing organism.
- aerospike — a type of rocket engine
- aerotaxis — the movement of organisms towards or away from oxygen caused by changes in oxygen concentration
- aerotrain — a high-speed train driven by a fan jet engine
- affirmest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of affirm.
- affirmeth — Archaic third-person singular form of affirm.
- affixture — an affixing or being affixed
- afflicter — a person who causes distress, torment, or affliction
- affreight — to charter (a ship) as a freight carrier.
- affricate — a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair
- aforesaid — Aforesaid means the same as aforementioned.
- aforetime — formerly
- afrikaner — Afrikaner means belonging or relating to the white people in South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch.
- afterings — the last of the milk drawn from a cow in milking, which contains the richest milk
- afterlife — The afterlife is a life that some people believe begins when you die, for example a life in heaven or as another person or animal.
- afterpain — any pain that follows its cause only after a certain delay
- aftertime — the time to come; the future
- aggrieved — If you feel aggrieved, you feel upset and angry because of the way in which you have been treated.
- aggrieves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrieve.
- agreation — the procedure followed by a government for determining the acceptability to a foreign government of a proposed envoy.
- agrestial — inhabiting a rural area
- agrigento — a town in Italy, in SW Sicily: site of six Greek temples. Pop: 54 619 (2001)
- aigrettes — Plural form of aigrette.
- air alert — the condition in which combat aircraft are airborne and ready for an operation
- air brake — Air brakes are brakes which are used on heavy vehicles such as buses and trains and which are operated by means of compressed air.
- air cover — the use of aircraft to provide aerial protection for ground forces against enemy air attack
- air ferry — a ferry service that transports passengers and cars by plane
- air fleet — a group of military aircraft, usually under one commander.
- air force — An air force is the part of a country's armed forces that is concerned with fighting in the air.
- air gauge — a gauge for measuring air pressure.
- air layer — to treat a plant by means of air layering.
- air medal — a U.S. military decoration awarded for meritorious achievement during participation in aerial operations
- air meter — a small, sensitive anemometer of the windmill type.
- air miles — Air miles are points that you collect when you buy certain goods or services and which you can use to pay for air travel.
- air power — A nation's air power is the strength of its air force.
- air rifle — An air rifle is a rifle which is fired by means of air pressure.
- air route — a designated route for aircraft flying between particular ground locations at specified minimum altitudes.
- air space — a space occupied by air.
- air valve — a device for controlling the flow of air in a pipe
- air varie — a melody with variations.
- air-dried — preserved by exposing to the air and allowing to dry
- air-lance — to clean with an air lance.
- air-slake — to slake (lime or the like) with moist air.
- airbrakes — Plural form of airbrake.
- airdromes — Plural form of airdrome.
- airfields — Plural form of airfield.
- airframes — Plural form of airframe.
- airheaded — Slang. a scatterbrained, stupid, or simple-minded person; dolt.
- airlifted — Simple past tense and past participle of airlift.
- airlifter — a large aircraft specially designed to transport heavy cargo and to land on and take off from a relatively short runway.