8-letter words containing o, r, a, i
- air plot — Aeronautics. the calculation of the ground position of an aircraft by first determining its air position from its speed in the air and heading information, and then correcting for wind effects.
- air shot — a shot that misses the ball completely but counts as a stroke
- air wood — timber dried naturally by contact with the open air.
- air-cool — to cool (an engine) by a flow of air
- air-core — having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.
- air-lock — to place in or confine to an air lock: to air-lock divers before they descend.
- airboard — an inflatable board resembling a bodyboard that is used in the sport of airboarding
- airboats — Plural form of airboat.
- airborne — If an aircraft is airborne, it is in the air and flying.
- airbound — supported by air
- aircoach — a bus that transports passengers to and from an airport
- airdrome — An airdrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
- airdrops — Plural form of airdrop.
- airflows — Plural form of airflow.
- airfoils — Plural form of airfoil.
- airforce — Alternative spelling of air force.
- airlocks — Plural form of airlock.
- airports — Plural form of airport.
- airpower — the strength of a nation's air force
- airproof — impervious to air
- airshows — Plural form of airshow.
- 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.
- alberoni — Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.
- alcindor — (Ferdinand) Lew(is, Jr.) original name of Abdul-Jabbar.
- algorism — the Arabic or decimal system of counting
- alienors — Plural form of alienor.
- amarillo — an industrial city in NW Texas. Pop: 178 612 (2003 est)
- amberoid — a synthetic amber made by compressing pieces of amber and other resins together at a high temperature
- ambrosia — In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the food of the gods.
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
- amoretti — a little cupid.
- amorists — Plural form of amorist.
- amorphic — Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
- amortise — amortize
- amortize — In finance, if you amortize a debt, you pay it back in regular payments.
- amourist — Alternative form of amorist.
- amphoric — resembling the sound produced by blowing into a bottle. Amphoric breath sounds are heard through a stethoscope placed over a cavity in the lung
- amrinone — a potent substance, C 10 H 9 N 3 O, used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
- andirons — Plural form of andiron.
- androids — Plural form of android.
- animator — An animator is a person who makes films by means of animation.
- anointer — One who anoints.
- anomeric — (organic chemistry) Of, or pertaining to anomers.
- anorchia — An intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth.
- 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.
- 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.
- antiporn — opposed to pornography