8-letter words containing a, r, o
- aeronaut — a person who flies in a lighter-than-air craft, esp the pilot or navigator
- aeronomy — the science of the earth's upper atmosphere
- aerosols — Plural form of aerosol.
- aerostat — a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon
- aerotone — a bath which incorporates massaging air jets
- 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
- affronté — facing
- affronts — Plural form of affront.
- afro-pop — African pop music played on electric instruments and inspired by Western pop or soul music.
- agitator — If you describe someone involved in politics as an agitator, you disapprove of them because of the trouble they cause in organizing campaigns and protests.
- agitprop — Agitprop is the use of artistic forms such as drama or posters to further political aims.
- agraphon — saying of Jesus not in Gospels
- agricola — Gnaeus Julius (ˈniːəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs) 40–93 ad, Roman general; governor of Britain who advanced Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth
- agrimony — any of various N temperate rosaceous plants of the genus Agrimonia, which have compound leaves, long spikes of small yellow flowers, and bristly burlike fruits
- agrinion — a city in W Greece.
- agrology — the scientific study of soils and their potential productivity
- agronomy — the science of cultivation of land, soil management, and crop production
- ailerons — Plural form of aileron.
- air cock — a small tap or valve for controlling the entrance or escape of air from a pipe, chamber, etc.
- air drop — An air drop is a delivery of supplies by aircraft to an area that is hard to get to. The supplies are dropped from the aircraft on parachutes.
- air hole — a hole that allows the passage of air, esp for ventilation
- air horn — a horn activated by compressed air.
- air lock — an airtight compartment, with adjustable air pressure, between places that do not have the same air pressure, as between the working compartment of a caisson and the outside
- air plot — Aeronautics. the calculation of the ground position of an aircraft by first determining its air position from its speed in the air and heading information, and then correcting for wind effects.
- air shot — a shot that misses the ball completely but counts as a stroke
- air wood — timber dried naturally by contact with the open air.
- air-cool — to cool (an engine) by a flow of air
- 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-lock — to place in or confine to an air lock: to air-lock divers before they descend.
- airboard — an inflatable board resembling a bodyboard that is used in the sport of airboarding
- airboats — Plural form of airboat.
- airborne — If an aircraft is airborne, it is in the air and flying.
- airbound — supported by air
- aircoach — a bus that transports passengers to and from an airport
- airdrome — An airdrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
- airdrops — Plural form of airdrop.
- airflows — Plural form of airflow.
- airfoils — Plural form of airfoil.
- airforce — Alternative spelling of air force.
- airlocks — Plural form of airlock.
- airports — Plural form of airport.
- airpower — the strength of a nation's air force
- airproof — impervious to air
- airshows — Plural form of airshow.
- airwoman — An airwoman is a woman who flies aircraft, especially one who serves in her country's air force.
- akaryote — a cell without a nucleus
- akrotiri — the remains of an ancient Minoan city on the island of Thera in the Aegean Sea, where abundant pottery and frescoes of the second millennium b.c. have been excavated.
- alachlor — a herbicide in the chloroacetanilide family
- albacore — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish