8-letter words containing a, r, i, n
- artisans — a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- aryanize — (in Nazi ideology) to purge (politics and society) of all non-Aryan elements or people; make characteristically Aryan
- asnieres — a suburb of Paris, France, on the Seine. Pop: 82 720 (2006)
- aspirant — Someone who is an aspirant to political power or to an important job has a strong desire to achieve it.
- aspiring — If you use aspiring to describe someone who is starting a particular career, you mean that they are trying to become successful in it.
- aspirins — Plural form of aspirin.
- assigner — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- assignor — a person who transfers or assigns property
- assuring — to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to: She assured us that everything would turn out all right.
- assyrian — an inhabitant of ancient Assyria
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- asturian — of or relating to Asturias
- atabrine — quinacrine hydrochloride, C23H30ClN3O·2HCl·2H2O, a synthetic drug used in treating malaria and other diseases
- atherine — any of several small fish of the genus Atherina
- atrazine — a white crystalline compound widely used as a weedkiller. Formula: C8H14N5Cl
- atropine — a poisonous alkaloid obtained from deadly nightshade, having an inhibitory action on the autonomic nervous system. It is used medicinally in pre-anaesthetic medication, to speed a slow heart rate, and as an emergency first-aid counter to exposure to chemical warfare nerve agents. Formula: C17H23NO3
- attainer — a person who attains or achieves something
- attiring — Present participle of attire.
- auguring — an excessively talkative person.
- aularian — a student at an English university who belongs to a hall as opposed to a college
- auramine — a yellow, crystalline solid, C 17 H 22 ClN 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.
- aurelian — Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. ?212–275 ad, Roman emperor (270–275), who conquered Palmyra (273) and restored political unity to the Roman Empire
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- aurignac — a village in S France: many prehistoric artifacts found in area.
- austrian — Austrian means belonging or relating to Austria, or to its people or culture.
- averring — to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
- aversion — If you have an aversion to someone or something, you dislike them very much.
- averting — Present participle of avert.
- awarding — Present participle of award.
- bacterin — a vaccine prepared from bacteria
- bactrian — of or relating to Bactria
- badarian — designating or of a Neolithic culture of Egypt, characterized by cattle-breeding, fine pottery, and a large range of ornaments
- bahraini — of or relating to Bahrain
- baikonur — a launching site for spacecraft in central Kazakhstan; formerly the centre for the Soviet space programme, now leased from Kazakhstan by Russia
- bairnish — childish
- bandeira — an expedition in search of gold or slaves
- banditry — Banditry is used to refer to acts of robbery and violence in areas where the rule of law has broken down.
- banisher — someone who or something which banishes
- banister — A banister is a rail supported by posts and fixed along the side of a staircase. The plural banisters can be used to refer to one of these rails.
- banxring — a small tree-dwelling and insectivorous animal, Tupaia, resembling a squirrel, native to Java and Sumatra
- bar line — the vertical line marking the boundary between one bar and the next
- barbican — a walled outwork or tower to protect a gate or drawbridge of a fortification
- bardling — an inexperienced, and thus usually inferior, poet
- baregine — a whitish, mucilaginous substance found in the thermal waters of Barèges in France, considered to have healing properties
- bargains — Plural form of bargain.
- barge in — If you barge in or barge in on someone, you rudely interrupt what they are doing or saying.
- baritone — In music, a baritone is a man with a fairly deep singing voice that is lower than that of a tenor but higher than that of a bass.
- barkings — Plural form of barking.
- barnlike — resembling a barn