8-letter words containing o, r, a
- 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.
- irrorate — marked with small spots of color; speckled.
- iscariot — the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- isegoria — Equality of all in freedom of speech.
- isobaric — Meteorology. having or showing equal barometric pressure.
- isocracy — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- isograft — syngraft.
- isograms — Plural form of isogram.
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isolator — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- iterator — One which iterates.
- jack rod — a horizontal metal rod or tube to which an awning or other cloth may be seized to support it.
- jackaroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jackeroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jackroll — to force (a woman) to submit to sexual intercourse with a number of young men at the same time
- jamboree — a carousal; any noisy merrymaking.
- jamproof — built so as to prevent jamming: a jamproof copying machine.
- janiform — Janus-faced.
- janitors — Plural form of janitor.
- jargoned — Simple past tense and past participle of jargon.
- jargonel — a type of pear that ripens early
- jarmoite — a member of the prehistoric people of northeastern Iraq in and around the settlement at Jarmo.
- jarosite — a yellowish or brownish mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and iron, KFe 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , occurring in small crystals or large masses.
- jarovize — to vernalize.
- jatropha — Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel.
- jawboner — a person who jawbones
- jeopards — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeopard.
- jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
- jeroboam — the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
- jillaroo — (Australia) A female jackaroo, a woman who does the job of a jackaroo.
- jobshare — an arrangement in which two or more people divide the duties and payment for one position between them, working at different times
- jordaens — Jacob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1593–1678, Flemish painter.
- journall — Obsolete form of journal.
- journals — Plural form of journal.
- juration — an act of taking or administering an oath.
- juratory — pertaining to, constituting, or expressed in an oath.
- k ration — an emergency field ration for U.S. armed forces when other food or rations are not available, consisting of three separate packaged meals of concentrated or dehydrated food.
- kabouter — (Dutch mythology) A tiny folkloric man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or a smurf.
- kairouan — a city in NE Tunisia: a holy city of Islam.
- kangaroo — any herbivorous marsupial of the family Macropodidae, of Australia and adjacent islands, having a small head, short forelimbs, powerful hind legs used for leaping, and a long, thick tail: several species are threatened or endangered.