8-letter words containing a, n, e, r
- anomeric — (organic chemistry) Of, or pertaining to anomers.
- anorexia — Anorexia or anorexia nervosa is an illness in which a person has an overwhelming fear of becoming fat, and so refuses to eat enough and becomes thinner and thinner.
- anorexic — If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin.
- anregend — Stimulating, inspiring.
- anserine — of or resembling a goose
- ansermet — Ernest (ɛrnɛst). 1883–1969, Swiss orchestral conductor; principal conductor of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
- answered — Simple past tense and past participle of answer.
- answerer — someone who answers
- ant bear — a large, ant-eating, edentate mammal (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) of Central America and tropical South America, with a long, shaggy tail; giant anteater
- antbears — Plural form of antbear.
- anteater — An anteater is an animal with a long nose that eats termites or ants. Anteaters live in warm countries.
- anterior — Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part.
- anteroom — An anteroom is a small room leading into a larger room.
- antevert — to displace (an organ or part) by tilting it forward
- antihero — An antihero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
- antimere — a part or organ of a bilaterally or radially symmetrical organism that corresponds to a similar structure on the other side of the axis, such as the right or left limb of a four-legged animal
- antiquer — a person who alters the appearance of objects to give an antique quality
- antirape — opposed to or acting against rape
- antirent — noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- antisera — a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- antiwear — preventing deterioration as a result of use
- antlered — having antlers
- antrorse — directed or pointing upwards or forwards
- anuresis — inability to urinate even though urine is formed by the kidneys and retained in the urinary bladder
- anuretic — relating to an inability to urinate
- any more — If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- anywhere — You use anywhere in statements with negative meaning to indicate that a place does not exist.
- aperient — laxative
- apertion — (archaic) The act of opening.
- apocrine — denoting a type of glandular secretion in which part of the secreting cell is lost with the secretion, as in mammary glands
- apparent — An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist.
- appender — (computing) A software component that appends data to a computer file.
- aramaean — of or relating to Aram (the biblical name for ancient Syria)
- araneose — arachnoid, especially as a plant.
- araneous — resembling a spider's web
- arbutean — relating to arbutus, or made from arbutus wood
- arc sine — the angle, measured in radians, that has a sine equal to a given number. Symbol: sin −1. Abbreviation: arc sin, arcsin;
- archaean — any member of the Archaea, a domain of prokaryotic microorganisms, distinguished from bacteria on molecular phylogenetic grounds and often found in hostile environments, such as volcanic vents and hot springs
- archaeon — A microorganism, physically resembling a bacterium, of the kingdom Archaea.
- archness — the quality of being arch, or saucily mischievous
- ardennes — a department of NE France, in Champagne-Ardenne region. Capital: Mézières. Pop: 288 806 (2003 est). Area: 5253 sq km (2049 sq miles)
- ardently — having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love.
- argemone — any of various plants of the genus Argemone of the family Papaveraceae, which are native to the Americas, have large white or yellow flowers and are covered in prickles
- argental — relating to or containing silver
- argentic — of or containing silver in the divalent or trivalent state
- argentum — silver. Symbol: Ag.
- arginase — an enzyme which hydrolyses arginine into ornithine and urea
- arginine — an essential amino acid of plant and animal proteins, necessary for nutrition and for the production of excretory urea
- arguendo — (legal) for the sake of argument.
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.