7-letter words containing r, a
- agravic — relating to zero gravity
- agreers — Plural form of agreer.
- agreeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agree.
- agreges — a degree awarded by a French university, based on a competitive examination given by the state and qualifying the recipient for the highest teaching positions in a lycée or for the rank of professor in a school of law or medicine.
- agribiz — agribusiness.
- agriope — Eurydice.
- agrippa — Marcus Vipsanius (ˈmɑːkəs vɪpˈseɪnɪəs). 63–12 bc, Roman general: chief adviser and later son-in-law of Augustus
- aground — If a ship runs aground, it touches the ground in a shallow part of a river, lake, or the sea, and gets stuck.
- ahiezer — a Danite who assisted Moses with the census and was head of the tribe of Dan in the wilderness. Num. 1:12; 2:35; 10:25.
- ahishar — a chamberlain in Solomon's household. I Kings 4:6.
- ahriman — the supreme evil spirit and diabolical opponent of Ormazd
- ahungry — hungry
- aileron — An aileron is a section on the back edge of the wing of an aircraft that can be raised or lowered in order to control the aircraft's movement.
- aintree — a suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside: site of the racecourse over which the Grand National steeplechase has been run since 1839
- air arm — the aviation section of a national military force, including aircraft, base and support facilities, and personnel.
- air bag — a safety device in a car, consisting of a bag that inflates automatically in an accident and prevents the passengers from being thrown forwards
- air bed — an inflatable mattress
- air dam — any device, such as a spoiler, that reduces air resistance and increases the stability of a car, aircraft, etc
- air gap — Electricity. the space between two objects magnetically related, as between the rotor and the stator in a dynamo, or between two objects electrically related, as between the electrode and the tip of a spark plug.
- air gas — dry air charged with vapor from petroleum or some other hydrocarbon, used for lighting or heating
- air gun — a gun operated by means of compressed air
- air log — Aeronautics. a device for recording the distance traveled by an aircraft, relative to the air through which it moves.
- air map — a map constructed from aerial photographs.
- air out — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- air sac — any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds, which increase the efficiency of gaseous exchange in the lungs
- air tee — a large, T -shaped weather vane on or near an airfield.
- air war — the part of a political campaign that is conducted over the radio and television airwaves by senior politicians
- air-con — Air-con is the same as air conditioning.
- air-dry — to dry by exposure to the air
- airable — Suitable for broadcast.
- airbags — Plural form of airbag.
- airball — a missed shot that fails to touch the rim of the basket
- airbase — A base for the operation of military aircraft.
- airbill — air waybill.
- airboat — a light, flat-bottomed boat driven by a propeller revolving in the air
- aircast — a pneumatic brace used to support an injured body part
- aircrew — The aircrew on a plane are the pilot and other people who are responsible for flying it and for looking after any passengers who are on it.
- airdate — the scheduled date for the broadcast of a television or radio programme
- airdrie — a town in W central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, E of Glasgow: manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries. Pop: 36 326 (2001)
- airdrop — a delivery of supplies, troops, etc, from an aircraft by parachute
- airfare — The airfare to a place is the amount it costs to fly there.
- airflow — The airflow around an object or vehicle is the way that the air flows around it.
- airfoil — a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade
- airglow — the faint light from the upper atmosphere in the night sky, esp in low latitudes
- airguns — Plural form of airgun.
- airhead — If you describe someone, especially a young woman, as an airhead, you are critical of them because you think they are not at all clever and are interested only in unimportant things.
- airhole — A hole provided for ventilation or breathing.
- airhose — a hose for conducting air under pressure, as one connected to an air pump, an air brake, or a scuba tank.
- airiest — Superlative form of airy.
- airings — Plural form of airing.