9-letter words containing o, r, a
- affording — to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect: The country can't afford another drought.
- afforests — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afforest.
- affronted — experiencing an insult
- affrontee — having faces or fronts towards each other
- affronter — Someone who affronts.
- aforehand — beforehand; in advance
- aforesaid — Aforesaid means the same as aforementioned.
- aforesayd — Obsolete spelling of aforesaid.
- aforetime — formerly
- afro-comb — a comb with a handle and long teeth used esp on curly hair
- after you — please go, enter, etc, before me
- afterbody — any discarded part that continues to trail a satellite, rocket, etc, in orbit
- afterglow — The afterglow is the glow that remains after a light has gone, for example after the sun has gone down.
- afterload — (physiology) The load on a working muscle from a constant opposing force.
- aftermost — closer or closest to the rear or (in a vessel) the stern; last
- afternoon — The afternoon is the part of each day which begins at lunchtime and ends at about six o'clock.
- aftershow — a party held after a public performance of a play or film
- afterword — An afterword is a short essay at the end of a book, usually written by the author.
- afterwork — outside work hours; taking place or done after one's regular job is finished.
- age group — An age group is the people in a place or organization who were born during a particular period of time, for example all the people aged between 18 and 25.
- age-group — persons of approximately the same age and often of the same sex, nationality, educational or social background, etc.
- age-proof — not adversely affected by a person's age
- aggressor — The aggressor in a fight or battle is the person, group, or country that starts it.
- agincourt — a battle fought in 1415 near the village of Azincourt, N France: a decisive victory for English longbowmen under Henry V over French forces vastly superior in number
- agitators — a person who stirs up others in order to upset the status quo and further a political, social, or other cause: The boss said he would fire any union agitators.
- agreation — the procedure followed by a government for determining the acceptability to a foreign government of a proposed envoy.
- agrigento — a town in Italy, in SW Sicily: site of six Greek temples. Pop: 54 619 (2001)
- agriology — the study of primitive peoples
- agrodolce — an Italian sweet-and-sour sauce, made with onions, garlic, red wine vinegar, sugar, and raisins
- agrologic — of or relating to agrology
- agromania — an abnormal desire to live alone, especially in an isolated area.
- agronomic — the science of soil management and the production of field crops.
- agterskot — the final payment to a farmer for crops
- ahistoric — not related to or concerned with documented history
- air cargo — cargo transported or to be transported by an air carrier.
- air coach — coach (def 4).
- air corps — (before July 26, 1947) a branch of the U.S. Army concerned with military aviation.
- air cover — the use of aircraft to provide aerial protection for ground forces against enemy air attack
- air force — An air force is the part of a country's armed forces that is concerned with fighting in the air.
- air frost — the deposition of ice condensed from water vapour in the atmosphere on the surface when the air temperature is below 0°C
- air hoist — a pneumatic hoist.
- air power — A nation's air power is the strength of its air force.
- air route — a designated route for aircraft flying between particular ground locations at specified minimum altitudes.
- air scoop — a device fitted to the surface of an aircraft to provide air pressure or ventilation from the airflow
- air scout — a scout belonging to a scout troop that specializes in flying, gliding, etc
- air-bound — stopped up by air.
- airdromes — Plural form of airdrome.
- airmobile — capable of being moved by air, esp by helicopter
- airworthy — If an aircraft is airworthy, it is safe to fly.
- al fresco — out-of-doors; in the open air: to dine alfresco.