8-letter words containing o, r, a, i
- hairworm — any small, slender worm of the family Trichostrongylidae, parasitic in the alimentary canals of various animals.
- handiron — andiron.
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- harmonia — the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and wife of Cadmus.
- harmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- harrison — Benjamin, 1726?–91, American political leader (father of William Henry Harrison).
- hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
- herodian — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- highroad — Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
- hoarding — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- horatian — of or relating to Horace.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- iarovize — to vernalize.
- ice road — a temporary winter road built across ice or frozen ground
- ideogram — a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- idiogram — Karyogram.
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- idolator — Alternative spelling of idolater.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- imitator — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- immortal — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- impactor — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- in a row — lined up
- in favor — in agreement
- inboards — Plural form of inboard.
- incroach — Archaic form of encroach.
- indeavor — Obsolete form of endeavor.
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- inornate — Not ornate.
- inroaded — Simple past tense and past participle of inroad.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- ion trap — any device used to prevent ions in an electron beam from striking other apparatus, especially in mass spectrometry.
- iraklion — a seaport in N Crete.
- irapuato — a city in Guanajuato, in central Mexico.
- iron age — the period in the history of humankind, following the Stone Age and the Bronze Age, marked by the use of implements and weapons made of iron.
- iron man — Calvin Edward, Jr ("Cal"; "Iron Man") born 1960, U.S. baseball player.
- iron pan — a hard layer of precipitated iron salts often found below the surface of sands and gravels
- ironbark — any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.
- ironclad — covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
- ironical — pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironical compliment; an ironical smile.
- ironware — articles of iron, as pots, kettles, or tools; hardware.