10-letter words containing i, r, t, a
- archpriest — (formerly) a chief assistant to a bishop, performing many of his sacerdotal functions during his absence
- arctic fox — a fox, Alopex lagopus, of arctic regions, whose fur is dark grey in the summer and white in the winter
- arctically — in an arctic manner
- arctophile — a person who collects teddy bears or is fond of them
- arctophily — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- arcubalist — an arbalest
- arefaction — the act of drying, or a dried condition
- areopagite — a member of the Areopagus, a judicial council of ancient Athens that met on the hill of that name
- argenteuil — a suburb of Paris, France, with a convent (656) that became famous when Héloïse was abbess (12th century). Pop: 103 250 (2008)
- argyrodite — a rare mineral, Ag8GeS6, that contains silver, germanium, and sulphur
- arimathaea — a town in ancient Palestine. Matt. 27:57.
- ariovistus — flourished c71–58 b.c, Germanic leader of the Suevi.
- aristippus — ?435–?356 bc, Greek philosopher, who believed pleasure to be the highest good and founded the Cyrenaic school
- aristocrat — An aristocrat is someone whose family has a high social rank, especially someone who has a title.
- aristology — the art of eating
- aristotype — a process of photographic printing in which paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin is used.
- arithmancy — divination by the use of numbers, especially by the number of letters in names.
- arithmatic — Misspelling of arithmetic.
- arithmetic — Arithmetic is the part of mathematics that is concerned with the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of numbers.
- armipotent — strong in arms or war
- armistices — a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce: World War I ended with the armistice of 1918.
- aromatical — (rare) aromatic.
- aromatized — Simple past tense and past participle of aromatize.
- arpeggiate — to play an arpeggio
- arrhythmia — any variation from the normal rhythm in the heartbeat
- arrhythmic — having irregular rhythm
- arricciato — arriccio.
- arrivistes — Plural form of arriviste.
- arrogating — Present participle of arrogate.
- arrogation — to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions.
- arrogative — Making undue claims and pretensions; prone to arrogance.
- arrowsmith — a novel (1925) by Sinclair Lewis.
- arsenolite — a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- arsmetrick — relating to the cheeks of a person's bottom that are identical
- art lining — a system for aligning type in which the baseline is established some distance above the bottom of the body to accommodate letters with unusually long descenders.
- artemisias — Plural form of artemisia.
- arteriolar — relating to arterioles or minuscule arteries
- arterioles — Plural form of arteriole.
- arthralgia — pain in a joint
- arthralgic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from arthralgia.
- arthritics — Plural form of arthritic.
- arthrodial — a joint, as in the carpal articulations, in which the surfaces glide over each other in movement.
- arthrodire — any of numerous fishes of the extinct order Arthrodira, widely distributed during the Devonian Period, having the anterior part of the body covered by a shield of bony plates.
- artichokes — Plural form of artichoke.
- articulacy — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- articulary — (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
- articulate — If you describe someone as articulate, you mean that they are able to express their thoughts and ideas easily and well.
- artificers — Plural form of artificer.
- artificial — Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology.
- artistical — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.