8-letter words containing i, a, n
- armenian — a native or inhabitant of Armenia or an Armenian-speaking person elsewhere
- arminian — denoting, relating to, or believing in the Christian Protestant doctrines of Jacobus Arminius, published in 1610, which rejected absolute predestination and insisted that the sovereignty of God is compatible with free will in man. These doctrines deeply influenced Wesleyan and Methodist theology
- arminius — ?17 bc–?21 ad, Germanic chieftain: organized a revolt against the Romans in 9 ad
- armonica — a glass harmonica, being a musical instrument of the 18th century consisting of a set of glass bowls of graduated pitches, played by rubbing the fingers over the moistened rims or by a keyboard mechanism
- arointed — Simple past tense and past participle of aroint.
- arousing — causing sexual excitement
- arraigns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arraign.
- arraying — Present participle of array.
- arretine — of or relating to Arretium (the ancient Latin name of Arezzo, a city in central Italy)
- arriving — to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.
- arrowing — Present participle of arrow.
- 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–
- arsonist — An arsonist is a person who deliberately sets fire to a building or vehicle.
- artesian — noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- artiness — The quality of being arty.
- artisans — a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- aryanize — (in Nazi ideology) to purge (politics and society) of all non-Aryan elements or people; make characteristically Aryan
- ascanius — the son of Aeneas and Creusa; founder of Alba Longa, mother city of Rome
- ascidian — any minute marine invertebrate animal of the class Ascidiacea, such as the sea squirt, the adults of which are degenerate and sedentary: subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)
- asconoid — pertaining to or resembling an ascon.
- ashiness — the condition of being like ash in colour or texture or of containing or being coated with ash
- asnieres — a suburb of Paris, France, on the Seine. Pop: 82 720 (2006)
- aspirant — Someone who is an aspirant to political power or to an important job has a strong desire to achieve it.
- 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.
- asplenia — Absence of normal spleen function.
- assassin — An assassin is a person who assassinates someone.
- assaying — to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event.
- assidean — a member of a sect, characterized by its religious zeal and piety, that flourished in the 2nd century b.c. during the time of the Maccabees and vigorously resisted the Hellenization of Jewish culture and religion.
- assiento — a slave trade treaty between other countries and Spain which allowed other countries to supply slaves to Spanish dependencies or colonies
- assignat — the paper money issued by the Constituent Assembly in 1789, backed by the confiscated land of the Church and the émigrés
- assigned — Simple past tense and past participle of assign.
- assignee — a person to whom some right, interest, or property is transferred
- assigner — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- assignor — a person who transfers or assigns property
- assinine — Alternative spelling of asinine.
- assuming — You use assuming or assuming that when you are considering a possible situation or event, so that you can think about the consequences.
- 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
- astatine — a radioactive element of the halogen series: a decay product of uranium and thorium that occurs naturally in minute amounts and is artificially produced by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles. Symbol: At; atomic no: 85; half-life of most stable isotope, 210At: 8.1 hours; probable valency: 1,3,5, or 7; melting pt: 302°C; boiling pt: 337°C (est)
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asthenia — an abnormal loss of strength; debility
- asthenic — of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak
- astonied — stunned; dazed
- astonish — If something or someone astonishes you, they surprise you very much.
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- asturian — of or relating to Asturias
- asuncion — the capital and chief port of Paraguay, on the Paraguay River, 1530 km (950 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 1 750 000 (2005 est)
- at night — If it is a particular time at night, it is during the time when it is dark and is before midnight.