8-letter words containing e, s, r
- aristate — Botany. having aristae; awned.
- aristide — Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- armholes — Plural form of armhole.
- armoires — Plural form of armoire.
- armorers — Plural form of armorer.
- armories — (US) Plural form of armory.
- armrests — Plural form of armrest.
- arms-eye — the armhole opening in a garment.
- arnsberg — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany.
- arquebus — a portable long-barrelled gun dating from the 15th century: fired by a wheel-lock or matchlock
- 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.
- 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
- arteries — Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- artesian — noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- arthouse — a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
- articles — legal training
- artiness — The quality of being arty.
- artistes — Plural form of artiste.
- artspeak — (language) An early simple language for plotter graphics.
- ascender — the part of certain lower-case letters, such as b or h, that extends above the body of the letter
- ascribed — Simple past tense and past participle of ascribe.
- ascribes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe.
- asheboro — a town in central North Carolina.
- asherite — a member of the tribe of Asher.
- asnieres — a suburb of Paris, France, on the Seine. Pop: 82 720 (2006)
- asparkle — in a glittering or glinting manner
- asperate — (of plant parts) having a rough surface due to a covering of short stiff hairs
- asperger — a developmental disorder characterized by severely impaired social skills, repetitive behaviors, and often, a narrow set of interests, but not involving delayed development of linguistic and cognitive abilities: now considered one of the autism spectrum disorders.
- asperges — a short rite preceding Mass, in which the celebrant sprinkles those present with holy water to the accompaniment of the chant Asperges me, Domine
- 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.
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- aspersed — Simple past tense and past participle of asperse.
- asperser — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- aspheric — a lens that has a shape that is not completely round
- 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.
- assailer — One who assails; an assailant.
- assayers — to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event.