7-letter words containing a
- ardours — Plural form of ardour.
- arduous — Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
- areally — from an areal point of view
- areaway — a passageway between parts of a building or between different buildings
- arecibo — seaport in N Puerto Rico: pop. 100,000
- arenite — any arenaceous rock; a sandstone
- arenose — sandy
- arenous — sandy
- arensky — Anton Stepanovich [uhn-tawn styi-pah-nuh-vyich] /ʌnˈtɔn styɪˈpɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1906, Russian composer.
- areolae — a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- areolar — a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- areolas — a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- areoles — Plural form of areola.
- areolet — (zoology) A small enclosed area, especially one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.
- aretino — Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1492–1556, Italian satirist, poet, and dramatist, noted for his satirical attacks on leading political figures
- argalis — Plural form of argali.
- argasid — any of the numerous ticks of the family Argasidae, comprising the soft ticks.
- arghool — an Arabian wind instrument of the oboe family, consisting of two pipes, one of which is a drone.
- argolis — a department and ancient region of Greece, in the NE Peloponnese. Capital: Nauplion. Pop: 102 392 (2001). Area: 2261 sq km (873 sq miles)
- argonne — wooded region in NE France, near the Belgian border
- argotic — a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification: a Restoration play rich in thieves' argot.
- argovie — Aargau
- arguers — Plural form of arguer.
- arguido — A person kept for questioning who is not a formal suspect.
- arguing — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- argulus — any of various parasites of the genus Argulus of the family Argulidae which affect fish and are a major threat to their health.
- argyles — Plural form of argyle.
- argyria — discoloration of the skin caused by exposure to silver
- argyrol — a dark brown compound of silver and a protein, used medicinally as a local antiseptic
- ariadne — daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë: she gave Theseus the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth
- aridity — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- arietta — a short relatively uncomplicated aria
- ariette — a short aria.
- arigato — (Japanese, colloquial) thank you.
- arikara — a member of a North American Indian people living along the Missouri River in W North Dakota
- arillus — an aril
- ariosos — Plural form of arioso.
- ariosto — Ludovico (ludoˈviːko). 1474–1533, Italian poet, famous for his romantic epic Orlando Furioso (1516)
- aripple — in ripples
- ariseth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'arise'.
- arising — to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise: He arose from his chair when she entered the room.
- aristae — Plural form of arista.
- aristos — Plural form of aristo.
- arizona — a state of the southwestern US: consists of the Colorado plateau in the northeast, including the Grand Canyon, divided from desert in the southwest by mountains rising over 3750 m (12 500 ft). Capital: Phoenix. Pop: 5 580 811 (2003 est). Area: 293 750 sq km (113 417 sq miles)
- arkosic — related to arkose
- arlberg — a mountain pass in W Austria: a winter sports region. Height: 1802 m (5910 ft)
- arm ltd — Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.
- arm7500 — (processor) An ARM7 core with I/O and VIDC20 all on one integrated circuit.
- armadas — Plural form of armada.
- armavir — city in SW Russia, in the Caucasus, on the Kuban River: pop. 178,000