8-letter words containing o, r, a, e
- androgen — any of several steroids, produced as hormones by the testes or made synthetically, that promote development of male sexual organs and male secondary sexual characteristics
- angerona — the ancient Roman goddess of anguish.
- anointer — One who anoints.
- anomeric — (organic chemistry) Of, or pertaining to anomers.
- anorexia — Anorexia or anorexia nervosa is an illness in which a person has an overwhelming fear of becoming fat, and so refuses to eat enough and becomes thinner and thinner.
- anorexic — If someone is anorexic, they are suffering from anorexia and so are very thin.
- anterior — Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part.
- anteroom — An anteroom is a small room leading into a larger room.
- antihero — An antihero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
- antrorse — directed or pointing upwards or forwards
- any more — If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- apertion — (archaic) The act of opening.
- aphorise — To create an aphorism.
- aphorize — to write or speak in aphorisms
- apocrine — denoting a type of glandular secretion in which part of the secreting cell is lost with the secretion, as in mammary glands
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- appellor — the accuser or prosecutor
- apporter — (obsolete) A bringer in; an importer.
- approved — An approved method or course of action is officially accepted as appropriate in a particular situation.
- approver — a person who approves
- approves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve.
- apterous — (of insects) without wings, as silverfish and springtails
- apurpose — (dialect) on purpose; deliberately.
- araceous — belonging to the plant family Araceae.
- araneose — arachnoid, especially as a plant.
- araneous — resembling a spider's web
- arapahoe — Arapaho.
- arboreal — Arboreal animals live in trees.
- arborise — To cause to have a tree like appearance.
- arborite — a brand of laminated plastic sheets containing melamine, used esp for heat-resistant surfaces that can be easily cleaned
- arborize — to give, or take on, a treelike branched appearance
- arboured — situated in, or as if in, an arbour
- archaeo- — indicating ancient or primitive time or condition
- archaeon — A microorganism, physically resembling a bacterium, of the kingdom Archaea.
- archetto — a tool, consisting of a bow strung with wire, for trimming excess material from a piece being modeled.
- areolate — a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- areology — the study of the planet Mars
- argemone — any of various plants of the genus Argemone of the family Papaveraceae, which are native to the Americas, have large white or yellow flowers and are covered in prickles
- argosies — Plural form of argosy.
- arguendo — (legal) for the sake of argument.
- arillode — a false aril, developing from an opening in the covering of the ovule instead of from its stalk
- armholes — Plural form of armhole.
- armoires — Plural form of armoire.
- armorers — Plural form of armorer.
- armories — (US) Plural form of armory.
- armorize — to equip with armor or other protective devices: to armorize a car with bulletproof glass.
- armoured — Armoured vehicles are fitted with a hard metal covering in order to protect them from gunfire and other missiles.
- armourer — An armourer is someone who makes or supplies weapons.
- armozeen — a plain silk, often black, used for clerical gowns and mourning purposes, as well as for women's dresses during and before the 18th century
- arointed — Simple past tense and past participle of aroint.