10-letter words containing i, r, a
- air bridge — a link by air transport between two places, esp two places separated by a stretch of sea
- air bubble — a small pocket of air in a liquid, glass, metal etc
- air casing — a casing for the funnel of a powered vessel, large enough to provide an air space all around the funnel.
- air castle — a fanciful or impractical notion or hope; daydream.
- air engine — an engine that uses the expansion of heated air to drive a piston
- air filter — filter that removes dust from air
- air guitar — an imaginary guitar played while miming to rock music
- air hammer — a pneumatic hammer, usually portable.
- air harbor — a harbor for hydroplanes, especially seaplanes.
- air hunger — deep, rapid, and labored breathing caused by an increased respiratory drive due to abnormally low blood oxygen levels, as in severe heart failure or asthma.
- air jacket — an air-filled envelope or compartment surrounding a machine or part to reduce the rate at which heat is transferred to or from it
- air letter — an airmail letter
- air piracy — the hijacking of an aircraft; skyjacking
- air pistol — An air pistol is a small gun which is fired by means of air pressure.
- air pocket — a localized region of low air density or a descending air current, causing an aircraft to suffer an abrupt decrease in height
- air police — members of an air force assigned to carry on police duties
- air potato — a vine, Dioscorea bulbifera, of southeastern Asia, having tubers weighing several pounds and growing in the leaf axils.
- air rights — rights to the airspace above a building or lot, regarded as the real property of the one who owns the building or lot
- air shower — a shower of secondary cosmic radiation, caused by the interaction of cosmic radiation or gamma radiation with the atmosphere.
- air spring — an enclosed pocket of air used to absorb shock or sudden fluctuations of load
- air strike — An air strike is an attack by military aircraft in which bombs are dropped. This expression is usually used by the country or group that is carrying out the attack.
- air switch — a switch in which the interruption of the circuit occurs in air.
- air system — a system of refrigeration utilizing air as a coolant.
- air ticket — a ticket to travel on a commercial plane
- air travel — transportation in aircraft
- air-cooled — An air-cooled engine is prevented from getting too hot when it is running by cool air that passes over it, rather than being cooled by a liquid.
- air-intake — an opening in an aircraft through which air is drawn, esp for the engines
- air-logged — (of a pump or system of piping) hindered in its functioning by an air lock; air-bound.
- air-minded — interested in or promoting aviation or aircraft
- air-to-air — Air-to-air combat is a battle between military aeroplanes where rockets or bullets are fired at one aeroplane from another.
- air-to-sea — operating between an aircraft in flight and a target on the sea
- airbrasive — a method of removing deposits from the teeth, or rarely, of preparing teeth for filling, by wearing down the surface with an abrasive substance blown by a jet of air
- airbrushed — Simple past tense and past participle of airbrush.
- airbrushes — Plural form of airbrush.
- aircrewman — a member of an aircrew.
- airdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of airdrop.
- airfreight — a method or service for transporting cargo by air
- airlifting — Present participle of airlift.
- airmailing — Present participle of airmail.
- airmanship — the skill or art of flying an aircraft
- airstreams — Plural form of airstream.
- airstrikes — Plural form of airstrike.
- airwaybill — An airbill.
- airy-fairy — If you describe someone's ideas as airy-fairy, you are critical of them because you think the ideas are vague, impractical, and unrealistic.
- al-bukhari — Muhammad ibn Ismaʿil [ib-uh n is-mah-eel] /ˈɪb ən ɪsˈmɑ il/ (Show IPA), a.d. 810–870, a collector of the Hadith.
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- alarmingly — causing alarm or fear: an alarming case of pneumonia; an alarming lack of respect.
- alcaiceria — a silk market
- alcheringa — (often initial capital letter) dreamtime.
- alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.