8-letter words containing e, a
- armrests — Plural form of armrest.
- arms-eye — the armhole opening in a garment.
- arnsberg — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany.
- arointed — Simple past tense and past participle of aroint.
- arpeggio — a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
- arquebus — a portable long-barrelled gun dating from the 15th century: fired by a wheel-lock or matchlock
- arranged — If you say how things are arranged, you are talking about their position in relation to each other or to something else.
- arranger — An arranger is a musician who arranges music by other composers, either for particular instruments or voices, or for a particular performance.
- arranges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrange.
- arrasene — a material of wool and silk that is used in embroidery
- arrested — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
- arrestee — a person who is under arrest
- arrester — a person who arrests
- arrestor — Also, arrestor. a person or thing that arrests.
- arretine — of or relating to Arretium (the ancient Latin name of Arezzo, a city in central Italy)
- arrogate — If someone arrogates to themselves something such as a responsibility or privilege, they claim or take it even though they have no right to do so.
- arsehole — If one person calls another person an arsehole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- arsenals — Plural form of arsenal.
- arsenate — a salt or ester of arsenic acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O43–
- arsenide — a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element
- arsenite — a salt or ester of arsenous acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O33–
- arsenous — of or containing trivalent arsenic
- art deco — Art Deco is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1920s and 30s. It uses simple, bold designs on materials such as plastic and glass.
- artefact — An artefact is an ornament, tool, or other object that is made by a human being, especially one that is historically or culturally interesting.
- arteriae — Plural form of arteria.
- arterial — Arterial means involving or relating to your arteries and the movement of blood through your body.
- arteries — Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- arterio- — artery or arteries
- artesian — noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- arteveld — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1290?–1345, Flemish statesman.
- arthouse — a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
- articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
- articles — legal training
- artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- artiness — The quality of being arty.
- artistes — Plural form of artiste.
- artotype — collotype.
- artspeak — (language) An early simple language for plotter graphics.
- arvicole — a mouse or water vole that belongs to the genus Arvicola
- aryanize — (in Nazi ideology) to purge (politics and society) of all non-Aryan elements or people; make characteristically Aryan
- as level — a public examination taken for the General Certificate of Education, with a smaller course content than an A level: since 2000 taken either as the first part of a full A level or as a qualification in its own right
- asbestic — relating to asbestos
- asbestos — Asbestos is a grey material which does not burn and which has been used as a protection against fire or heat.
- asbestus — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- ascended — to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
- ascender — the part of certain lower-case letters, such as b or h, that extends above the body of the letter
- ascetics — Plural form of ascetic.
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- ascribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe.
- aseismic — denoting a region free of earthquakes