8-letter words containing r, e
- aigrette — a long plume worn on hats or as a headdress, esp one of long egret feathers
- ailerons — Plural form of aileron.
- air base — An air base is a centre where military aircraft take off or land and are serviced, and where many of the centre's staff live.
- air bell — Glassmaking. an air bubble formed in glass during blowing and often retained as a decorative element.
- air cell — Anatomy, Zoology, Botany. a cavity or receptacle containing air.
- air date — the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- air hole — a hole that allows the passage of air, esp for ventilation
- air lane — a route for travel by air; airway
- air mile — nautical mile
- air rage — Air rage is aggressive or violent behaviour by airline passengers.
- air time — The airtime that something gets is the amount of time taken up with broadcasts about it.
- air vent — a small opening through which air can escape from an enclosed space
- air well — an open shaft passing through the floors of a building for ventilation
- 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-line — straight; direct; traveling a direct route: Some railroads advertise air-line routes between stations.
- airborne — If an aircraft is airborne, it is in the air and flying.
- airbrake — A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure).
- aircheck — a recording made from a radio or television broadcast, often used for demonstration or quality control purposes
- aircrews — Plural form of aircrew.
- airdates — Plural form of airdate.
- airdried — Simple past tense and past participle of airdry.
- airdries — a city in central Scotland, near Glasgow.
- airdrome — An airdrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
- airedale — a large rough-haired tan-coloured breed of terrier characterized by a black saddle-shaped patch covering most of the back
- airfares — Plural form of airfare.
- airfield — An airfield is an area of ground where aircraft take off and land. It is smaller than an airport.
- airforce — Alternative spelling of air force.
- airframe — the body of an aircraft, excluding its engines
- airheads — Plural form of airhead.
- airiness — the quality or condition of being fresh, light, or breezy
- airliner — An airliner is a large aeroplane that is used for carrying passengers.
- airlines — Plural form of airline.
- airplane — An airplane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines that enable it to fly through the air.
- airpower — the strength of a nation's air force
- airscape — a view of the land or sea below from the air
- airscrew — an aircraft propeller
- airspace — A country's airspace is the part of the sky that is over that country and is considered to belong to it.
- airspeed — An aircraft's airspeed is the speed at which it travels through the air.
- airwaves — The airwaves is used to refer to the activity of broadcasting on radio and television. For example, if someone says something over the airwaves, they say it on the radio or television.
- akaryote — a cell without a nucleus
- akkerman — former name of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
- akureyri — a city in N Iceland.
- albacore — a tunny, Thunnus alalunga, occurring mainly in warm regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. It has very long pectoral fins and is a valued food fish
- alberich — (in medieval German legend) the king of the dwarfs and guardian of the treasures of the Nibelungs
- alberoni — Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.
- albert i — c. 1255–1308, king of Germany (1298–1308)
- albertan — of or relating to Alberta or its inhabitants
- albronze — aluminum bronze.
- alcandre — the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- alderfly — any of various neuropterous insects of the widely distributed group Sialoidea, such as Sialis lutaria, that have large broad-based hind wings, produce aquatic larvae, and occur near water