8-letter words containing a, r, i, s
- artistes — Plural form of artiste.
- artistic — Someone who is artistic is good at drawing or painting, or arranging things in a beautiful way.
- artistry — Artistry is the creative skill of an artist, writer, actor, or musician.
- artivist — A person who engages in artivism.
- aruspicy — haruspicy.
- as-sirat — the correct path of religion
- ascarids — Plural form of ascarid.
- ascorbic — Of or pertaining to ascorbic acid or its derivatives.
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- ascribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe.
- asharism — the classical synthesis of Islamic philosophical theology, formulated by al-Ashʿari.
- asherite — a member of the tribe of Asher.
- asnieres — a suburb of Paris, France, on the Seine. Pop: 82 720 (2006)
- aspartic — Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its derivatives.
- 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
- aspirant — Someone who is an aspirant to political power or to an important job has a strong desire to achieve it.
- aspirata — a heavily aspirated stop that is made without vibration of the vocal cords
- 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.
- 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.
- assailer — One who assails; an assailant.
- assigner — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- assignor — a person who transfers or assigns property
- assister — One who assists; an assistant or helper.
- assistor — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- 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.
- 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
- astroids — Plural form of astroid.
- asturian — of or relating to Asturias
- asturias — a region and former kingdom of NW Spain, consisting of a coastal plain and the Cantabrian Mountains: a Christian stronghold against the Moors (8th to 13th centuries); rich mineral resources
- at first — You use at first when you are talking about what happens in the early stages of an event or experience, or just after something else has happened, in contrast to what happens later.
- ataraxis — The absence of stress or anxiety; serenity.
- atari st — (computer) A personal computer released by Atari in 1985. The "ST" stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", from the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit processor. The original 520ST model had an external floppy drive and power supply whereas the 1040ST had them built-in. The 520 and later 520STFM came with 512 KB of RAM, the 1040 had 1 MB. Several upgraded models followed, up to the 1993 Motorola 68030 based Falcon. The ST was the first home computer with built-in MIDI ports and plenty of MIDI software. A wide range of other software from office to games was also available.
- ateliers — Plural form of atelier.
- atomiser — Modern commonwealth spelling of 'atomizer'.
- atropism — a condition caused by using atropine over a period of time
- auditors — Plural form of auditor.
- auguries — Plural form of augury.
- aurelius — Marcus(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) a.d. 121-180; Rom. emperor (161-180) & Stoic philosopher
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- aurifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aurify.