9-letter words containing m, r, a
- anguiform — shaped like a snake
- animalier — a painter or sculptor of animal subjects, esp a member of a group of early 19th-century French sculptors who specialized in realistic figures of animals, usually in bronze
- animators — Plural form of animator.
- animatron — An animatronic robot.
- anorchism — Anorchia.
- anorgasmy — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
- anterooms — Plural form of anteroom.
- anthurium — any of various tropical American aroid plants constituting the genus Anthurium, many of which are cultivated as house plants for their showy foliage and their flowers, which are borne in a long-stalked spike surrounded by a flaring heart-shaped white or red bract
- antiarmor — (military) Designed for attacking armored vehicles, such as tanks and armored personnel carriers.
- anticrime — preventing or fighting crime
- antimeres — Plural form of antimere.
- antimeter — (obsolete) A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.
- antimoral — Opposing or countering moral behaviour.
- antiprism — A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
- antiserum — blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
- antitumor — Inhibiting the development of a tumor.
- apartment — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
- aphorisms — Plural form of aphorism.
- apodiform — (zoology) Belonging to the order Apodiformes, including swifts and hummingbirds.
- apomorphy — (systematics): A derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants.
- apriorism — the philosophical doctrine that there may be genuine knowledge independent of experience
- aquadrome — a venue for water sports
- aquariums — Plural form of aquarium.
- arago man — the skeletal remains of Homo erectus of the middle Pleistocene Epoch found in a cave in the French Pyrenees.
- arapaimas — Plural form of arapaima.
- arbitrium — the power to decide
- arboretum — An arboretum is a specially designed garden of different types of trees.
- arch beam — a crowned metal beam, as of the deck of a ship.
- archaisms — Plural form of archaism.
- archenemy — a chief enemy
- archimage — a great magician or wizard
- archimime — The chief jester or mimic who would imitate the dead person as part of ancient Roman funeral processions.
- arcminute — unit of angular measurement, 1⁄60 of a degree
- argumenta — appeals to reason
- arguments — an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation: a violent argument.
- arhythmia — arrhythmia.
- arhythmic — Having no rhythm.
- arimathea — a town in ancient Palestine: location unknown
- arm-twist — to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
- armadillo — An armadillo is a small animal whose body is covered with large bony scales and which rolls itself into a ball when it is attacked. Armadillos are mainly found in South and Central America.
- armaments — Armaments are weapons and military equipment belonging to an army or country.
- armatures — Plural form of armature.
- armchairs — Plural form of armchair.
- armillary — of or relating to bracelets
- armistice — An armistice is an agreement between countries who are at war with one another to stop fighting and to discuss ways of making peace.
- armorican — a native or inhabitant of Armorica
- armorless — any covering worn as a defense against weapons.
- armourers — Plural form of armourer.
- armouries — a drill hall used for training and as headquarters by a reserve unit of the armed forces
- arms race — An arms race is a situation in which two countries or groups of countries are continually trying to get more and better weapons than each other.