8-letter words containing a, r, i, s
- airscrew — an aircraft propeller
- airshaft — (architecture) A vertical opening running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices.
- airships — Plural form of airship.
- airshows — Plural form of airshow.
- airspace — A country's airspace is the part of the sky that is over that country and is considered to belong to it.
- airspeed — An aircraft's airspeed is the speed at which it travels through the air.
- airstrip — An airstrip is a stretch of land which has been cleared so that aircraft can take off and land.
- airwaves — The airwaves is used to refer to the activity of broadcasting on radio and television. For example, if someone says something over the airwaves, they say it on the radio or television.
- al sirat — the correct path of religion
- alarmism — The production of needless alarms.
- alarmist — Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
- alastair — a male given name.
- alastrim — a form of smallpox caused by the virus Variola minor
- algorism — the Arabic or decimal system of counting
- alienors — Plural form of alienor.
- alistair — a masculine name
- almirahs — Plural form of almirah.
- altrices — altricial birds
- altruism — Altruism is unselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare.
- altruist — a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
- ambrosia — In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the food of the gods.
- americas — People sometimes refer to North America, Central America, and South America collectively as the Americas.
- americus — a city in SW central Georgia.
- amirates — Plural form of amirate.
- amorists — Plural form of amorist.
- amortise — amortize
- amourist — Alternative form of amorist.
- amritsar — a city in India, in NW Punjab: centre of the Sikh religion; site of a massacre in 1919 of unarmed supporters of Indian self-government by British troops; in 1984 the Golden Temple, fortified by Sikhs, was attacked by Indian troops with the loss of many Sikh lives. Pop: 975 695 (2001)
- andirons — Plural form of andiron.
- androids — Plural form of android.
- aneurism — a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall.
- angriest — feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about): to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
- anserine — of or resembling a goose
- antbirds — Plural form of antbird.
- antirust — (of a product or procedure) effective against rust
- 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.
- anuresis — inability to urinate even though urine is formed by the kidneys and retained in the urinary bladder
- aoristic — Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- aortitis — inflammation of the aorta
- apaporis — a river in S central Colombia, in the Amazon system, flowing SE to the Japurá River. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- aphorise — To create an aphorism.
- aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
- aphorist — a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- apiaries — Plural form of apiary.
- apiarist — a person who studies or keeps bees
- apikoros — A Jewish skeptic or apostate.
- appraise — If you appraise something or someone, you consider them carefully and form an opinion about them.
- apprisal — The act of apprising, of making aware, of informing.
- apprised — appraise.
- appriser — a person who appraises