8-letter words containing o, r, a, e
- arpeggio — a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
- arrestor — Also, arrestor. a person or thing that arrests.
- arrogate — If someone arrogates to themselves something such as a responsibility or privilege, they claim or take it even though they have no right to do so.
- arsehole — If one person calls another person an arsehole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- arsenous — of or containing trivalent arsenic
- art deco — Art Deco is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1920s and 30s. It uses simple, bold designs on materials such as plastic and glass.
- arterio- — artery or arteries
- arthouse — a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
- artotype — collotype.
- arvicole — a mouse or water vole that belongs to the genus Arvicola
- asheboro — a town in central North Carolina.
- asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
- assentor — any of the eight voters legally required to endorse the nomination of a candidate in a parliamentary or local election in addition to the nominator and seconder
- assertor — One who asserts or avers.
- assessor — An assessor is a person who is employed to calculate the value of something, or the amount of money that should be paid, for example in tax.
- assorted — A group of assorted things is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
- assorter — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- atheroma — a fatty deposit on or within the inner lining of an artery, often causing an obstruction to the blood flow
- atherton — Mike, full name Michael Andrew Atherton. born 1968, English cricketer: played for Lancashire (1987–2001) and England (1989–2001); captain of England (1993–1998)
- atomiser — Modern commonwealth spelling of 'atomizer'.
- atomizer — a device for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, such as the nozzle used to feed oil into a furnace or an enclosed bottle with a fine outlet used to spray perfumes or medicines
- atropine — a poisonous alkaloid obtained from deadly nightshade, having an inhibitory action on the autonomic nervous system. It is used medicinally in pre-anaesthetic medication, to speed a slow heart rate, and as an emergency first-aid counter to exposure to chemical warfare nerve agents. Formula: C17H23NO3
- attercop — a spider
- attestor — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- attorney — In the United States, an attorney or attorney at law is a lawyer.
- aureolae — Plural form of aureola.
- aureoles — Plural form of aureole.
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- aurorean — of or resembling dawn
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- autofire — (video games) A feature on a joystick that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
- autozero — Autozeroing.
- avenzoar — 1091?–1162, Arab physician and writer in Spain: founder of Almohad dynasty.
- averroes — Arabic name ibn-Rushd. 1126–88, Arab philosopher and physician in Spain, noted particularly for his attempts to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Islamic religion, which profoundly influenced Christian scholasticism
- aversion — If you have an aversion to someone or something, you dislike them very much.
- aviemore — a winter sports resort in Scotland, in Moray between the Monadhliath and Cairngorm Mountains. Pop: 2397 (2001)
- avoiders — Plural form of avoider.
- avoucher — a person who avouches
- awesomer — (nonstandard) Comparative form of awesome.
- azureous — (zoology) of a fine blue color; azure.
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- baconers — Plural form of baconer.
- balloter — a person who votes by ballot
- banderol — Alternative form of banderole.
- bandores — Plural form of bandore.
- bannerol — banderole
- bar code — A bar code is an arrangement of numbers and parallel lines that is printed on products to be sold in shops. The bar code can be read by computers.
- bar none — You use bar none to add emphasis to a statement that someone or something is the best of their kind.