8-letter words containing a, e, r, i
- aridness — The state or quality of being arid.
- ariettas — Plural form of arietta.
- ariettes — a short aria.
- arillate — having an aril.
- arillode — a false aril, developing from an opening in the covering of the ovule instead of from its stalk
- aristate — Botany. having aristae; awned.
- aristide — Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- armalite — a lightweight high-velocity rifle of various calibres, capable of automatic and semiautomatic operation
- armenian — a native or inhabitant of Armenia or an Armenian-speaking person elsewhere
- armidale — a town in Australia, in NE New South Wales: a centre for tourism. Pop: 20 271 (2001)
- armitage — Simon (Robert). born 1963, British poet and writer, whose collections include Zoom! (1989), Killing Time (1999), and Universal Home Doctor (2002)
- armoires — Plural form of armoire.
- armories — (US) Plural form of armory.
- armorize — to equip with armor or other protective devices: to armorize a car with bulletproof glass.
- arointed — Simple past tense and past participle of aroint.
- arpeggio — a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
- arretine — of or relating to Arretium (the ancient Latin name of Arezzo, a city in central Italy)
- arsenide — a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element
- arsenite — a salt or ester of arsenous acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O33–
- arteriae — Plural form of arteria.
- arterial — Arterial means involving or relating to your arteries and the movement of blood through your body.
- arteries — Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- arterio- — artery or arteries
- artesian — noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- 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
- artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- artiness — The quality of being arty.
- artistes — Plural form of artiste.
- arvicole — a mouse or water vole that belongs to the genus Arvicola
- aryanize — (in Nazi ideology) to purge (politics and society) of all non-Aryan elements or people; make characteristically Aryan
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- ascribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe.
- asherite — a member of the tribe of Asher.
- asnieres — a suburb of Paris, France, on the Seine. Pop: 82 720 (2006)
- asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
- aspermia — the failure to form or emit semen
- aspermic — (of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
- aspheric — a lens that has a shape that is not completely round
- aspirate — to articulate (a stop) with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- aspirers — to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive): to aspire after literary immortality; to aspire to be a doctor.
- assailer — One who assails; an assailant.
- assigner — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- assister — One who assists; an assistant or helper.
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asterisk — An asterisk is the sign *. It is used especially to indicate that there is further information about something in another part of the text.
- asterism — three asterisks arranged in a triangle (⁂ or ), to draw attention to the text that follows
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- atabrine — quinacrine hydrochloride, C23H30ClN3O·2HCl·2H2O, a synthetic drug used in treating malaria and other diseases