8-letter words containing i, r, a
- airlines — Plural form of airline.
- airlocks — Plural form of airlock.
- airmails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airmail.
- airparks — Plural form of airpark.
- airplane — An airplane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines that enable it to fly through the air.
- airports — Plural form of airport.
- airpower — the strength of a nation's air force
- airproof — impervious to air
- airscape — a view of the land or sea below from the air
- airscrew — an aircraft propeller
- airshaft — (architecture) A vertical opening running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices.
- airships — Plural form of airship.
- airshows — Plural form of airshow.
- airspace — A country's airspace is the part of the sky that is over that country and is considered to belong to it.
- airspeed — An aircraft's airspeed is the speed at which it travels through the air.
- airstrip — An airstrip is a stretch of land which has been cleared so that aircraft can take off and land.
- airtight — If a container is airtight, its lid fits so tightly that no air can get in or out.
- airwaves — The airwaves is used to refer to the activity of broadcasting on radio and television. For example, if someone says something over the airwaves, they say it on the radio or television.
- airwoman — An airwoman is a woman who flies aircraft, especially one who serves in her country's air force.
- akrotiri — the remains of an ancient Minoan city on the island of Thera in the Aegean Sea, where abundant pottery and frescoes of the second millennium b.c. have been excavated.
- akureyri — a city in N Iceland.
- al sirat — the correct path of religion
- alacrity — If you do something with alacrity, you do it quickly and eagerly.
- alarming — Something that is alarming makes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- alarmism — The production of needless alarms.
- alarmist — Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
- alastair — a male given name.
- alastrim — a form of smallpox caused by the virus Variola minor
- albarium — a stucco used in ancient times, made from powdered marble and lime mortar and often polished.
- alberich — (in medieval German legend) the king of the dwarfs and guardian of the treasures of the Nibelungs
- alberoni — Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.
- albert i — c. 1255–1308, king of Germany (1298–1308)
- albright — Horace Marden [mahrd-n] /ˈmɑrd n/ (Show IPA), 1890–1987, U.S. conservationist and cofounder of the National Park Service.
- alcindor — (Ferdinand) Lew(is, Jr.) original name of Abdul-Jabbar.
- aldicarb — a crystalline compound, C7H14N2O2S, used as a pesticide against insects, mites and nematodes
- aldridge — Ira Frederick ("the African Roscius") 1804?–67, U.S. actor, primarily in Europe.
- alerting — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- algerian — Algerian means belonging or relating to Algeria, or its people or culture.
- algerine — of or relating to Algeria or its inhabitants
- algerita — agarita.
- algorism — the Arabic or decimal system of counting
- alienors — Plural form of alienor.
- alistair — a masculine name
- alitrunk — (zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
- alizarin — a brownish-yellow powder or orange-red crystalline solid used as a dye and in the manufacture of other dyes. Formula: C6H4(CO)2C6H2(OH)2
- allergic — If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it.
- allright — yes; very well; OK: All right, I'll go with you.
- alluring — Someone or something that is alluring is very attractive.
- almirahs — Plural form of almirah.
- alreadie — Obsolete spelling of already.