8-letter words containing i, r, a
- aeriform — having the form of air; gaseous
- aerobics — Aerobics is a form of exercise which increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, and strengthens your heart and lungs. The verb that follows aerobics may be either singular or plural.
- aerobium — an aerobe
- aerofoil — a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade
- aerolite — a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
- aerolith — a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- aetheric — ether (defs 3–5).
- afebrile — without fever
- affirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- affirmer — One who affirms.
- affright — to frighten
- afrasian — of Afrasia.
- africana — objects of cultural or historical interest of African origin
- agacerie — allurement, enticement, enchantment, coquetry
- agaricin — an impure form of agaric acid: formerly used in medicine as an agent for stopping excessive perspiration.
- agaricus — any mushroom of the genus Agaricus, comprising the meadow mushrooms and a commercially grown species, A. brunnescens.
- agerasia — An outward appearance more youthful than one's true age.
- aggrieve — to grieve; distress; afflict
- agitator — If you describe someone involved in politics as an agitator, you disapprove of them because of the trouble they cause in organizing campaigns and protests.
- agitprop — Agitprop is the use of artistic forms such as drama or posters to further political aims.
- aglimmer — glimmering
- aglitter — sparkling; glittering
- agraphia — loss of the ability to write, resulting from a brain lesion
- agraphic — having or relating to agraphia
- agrarian — Agrarian means relating to the ownership and use of land, especially farmland, or relating to the part of a society or economy that is concerned with agriculture.
- agreeing — to have the same views, emotions, etc.; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often followed by with): I don't agree with you.
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- agricola — Gnaeus Julius (ˈniːəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs) 40–93 ad, Roman general; governor of Britain who advanced Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth
- agrimony — any of various N temperate rosaceous plants of the genus Agrimonia, which have compound leaves, long spikes of small yellow flowers, and bristly burlike fruits
- agrinion — a city in W Greece.
- agrypnia — the inability to sleep
- aigrette — a long plume worn on hats or as a headdress, esp one of long egret feathers
- ailerons — Plural form of aileron.
- air ball — a shot that misses the basket, basket rim, and backboard
- air base — An air base is a centre where military aircraft take off or land and are serviced, and where many of the centre's staff live.
- air bell — Glassmaking. an air bubble formed in glass during blowing and often retained as a decorative element.
- air cell — Anatomy, Zoology, Botany. a cavity or receptacle containing air.
- air cock — a small tap or valve for controlling the entrance or escape of air from a pipe, chamber, etc.
- air date — the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- air drop — An air drop is a delivery of supplies by aircraft to an area that is hard to get to. The supplies are dropped from the aircraft on parachutes.
- air duct — a pipe or channel permitting air to travel through a system, building, or other structure, such as a mine
- air hole — a hole that allows the passage of air, esp for ventilation
- air horn — a horn activated by compressed air.
- air kiss — a kissing gesture, esp one directed towards a person's cheek, made without making physical contact
- air lane — a route for travel by air; airway
- air lock — an airtight compartment, with adjustable air pressure, between places that do not have the same air pressure, as between the working compartment of a caisson and the outside
- air mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- air mass — a large body of air having characteristics of temperature, moisture, and pressure that are approximately uniform horizontally
- air mile — nautical mile
- air miss — a situation in which two aircraft pass very close to one another in the air; near miss