8-letter words containing a, e, r
- affirmer — One who affirms.
- afforded — to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect: The country can't afford another drought.
- afforest — to plant trees on; convert into forested land
- affrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of affray.
- affrayer — a person who takes part in an affray or disturbance
- affronté — facing
- aflutter — in or into a nervous or excited state
- afterall — Misspelling of after all.
- aftereye — to look at or watch someone or something that has passed by
- aftersun — a moisturizing lotion applied to the skin to soothe sunburn and avoid peeling
- aftertax — remaining after applicable taxes have been deducted: a sharp decrease in her aftertax income.
- afterwar — Following a war.
- agacerie — allurement, enticement, enchantment, coquetry
- agerasia — An outward appearance more youthful than one's true age.
- ageratum — any tropical American plant of the genus Ageratum, such as A. houstonianum and A. conyzoides, which have thick clusters of purplish-blue flowers
- aggerate — (transitive) To heap up.
- aggraded — Simple past tense and past participle of aggrade.
- aggrieve — to grieve; distress; afflict
- aglimmer — glimmering
- aglitter — sparkling; glittering
- agreable — Obsolete spelling of agreeable.
- agreeing — to have the same views, emotions, etc.; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often followed by with): I don't agree with you.
- agremens — amenities
- agrement — diplomatic approval of a country
- agrestal — (of uncultivated plants such as weeds) growing on cultivated land
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- ahemeral — not constituting a full 24-hour day
- aigrette — a long plume worn on hats or as a headdress, esp one of long egret feathers
- ailerons — Plural form of aileron.
- air base — An air base is a centre where military aircraft take off or land and are serviced, and where many of the centre's staff live.
- air bell — Glassmaking. an air bubble formed in glass during blowing and often retained as a decorative element.
- air cell — Anatomy, Zoology, Botany. a cavity or receptacle containing air.
- air date — the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- air hole — a hole that allows the passage of air, esp for ventilation
- air lane — a route for travel by air; airway
- air mile — nautical mile
- air rage — Air rage is aggressive or violent behaviour by airline passengers.
- air time — The airtime that something gets is the amount of time taken up with broadcasts about it.
- air vent — a small opening through which air can escape from an enclosed space
- air well — an open shaft passing through the floors of a building for ventilation
- air-core — having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.
- air-line — straight; direct; traveling a direct route: Some railroads advertise air-line routes between stations.
- airborne — If an aircraft is airborne, it is in the air and flying.
- airbrake — A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure).
- aircheck — a recording made from a radio or television broadcast, often used for demonstration or quality control purposes
- aircrews — Plural form of aircrew.
- airdates — Plural form of airdate.
- airdried — Simple past tense and past participle of airdry.
- airdries — a city in central Scotland, near Glasgow.
- airdrome — An airdrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.