8-letter words containing ar
- aramaean — of or relating to Aram (the biblical name for ancient Syria)
- aramburu — Pedro Eugenio [pe-th raw e-oo-he-nyaw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ ˌɛ uˈhɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–70, president of Argentina 1955–58.
- arancini — (in Italian cookery) a dish consisting of balls of rice stuffed with a savoury filling, coated in breadcrumbs and fried
- araneose — arachnoid, especially as a plant.
- araneous — resembling a spider's web
- aranrhod — the daughter of the goddess Dôn and the mother of Lleu Llaw Gyffes.
- aranyaka — one of a class of the Vedic texts that, together with the Upanishads, make up the closing portions of the Brahmanas.
- arapahoe — Arapaho.
- arapaima — a very large primitive freshwater teleost fish, Arapaima gigas, that occurs in tropical South America and can attain a length of 4.5 m (15 ft) and a weight of 200 kg (440 lbs): family Osteoglossidae
- araponga — any of four species of South American birds of the genus Procnias, each having a bell-like call
- araucana — any of numerous varieties of domestic chickens derived from South American wild fowl, noted for producing pale blue, green, or pinkish eggs.
- arawakan — a family of American Indian languages found throughout NE South America
- arbalest — a large medieval crossbow, usually cocked by mechanical means
- arbalist — a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- arbiters — Plural form of arbiter.
- arbitral — of or relating to arbitration
- arbitrer — arbitrator.
- arboreal — Arboreal animals live in trees.
- arborise — To cause to have a tree like appearance.
- arborist — a specialist in the cultivation of trees
- arborite — a brand of laminated plastic sheets containing melamine, used esp for heat-resistant surfaces that can be easily cleaned
- arborize — to give, or take on, a treelike branched appearance
- arborous — relating to, or formed by, trees
- arboured — situated in, or as if in, an arbour
- arbroath — a port and resort in E Scotland, in Angus: scene of the barons of Scotland's declaration of independence to Pope John XXII in 1320. Pop: 22 785 (2001)
- arbuscle — a small tree, or a plant halfway between a shrub and a tree
- arbutean — relating to arbutus, or made from arbutus wood
- arc lamp — a lamp in which brilliant light is produced by maintaining an arc between two electrodes, used as a spotlight, searchlight, etc.
- arc sine — the angle, measured in radians, that has a sine equal to a given number. Symbol: sin −1. Abbreviation: arc sin, arcsin;
- arc-back — an undesirable phenomenon, occurring in rectifier tubes, in which current flows in the reverse direction, from anode to cathode, as a result of arcing, limiting the usable voltage of the tube.
- arcadian — of or relating to Arcadia or its inhabitants, esp the idealized Arcadia of pastoral poetry
- arcading — An arrangement of arcades.
- arcanist — a person with secret knowledge of a manufacturing technique
- arcature — a small-scale arcade
- arcesius — a son of Zeus and Euryodia, father of Laertes, and grandfather of Odysseus.
- arch dam — a dam that is curved in the horizontal plane and usually built of concrete, in which the horizontal thrust is taken by abutments in the sides of a valley. Arch dams must be built on solid rock, as a yielding material would cause a failure
- archaeal — relating to or involving the order Archaea
- archaean — any member of the Archaea, a domain of prokaryotic microorganisms, distinguished from bacteria on molecular phylogenetic grounds and often found in hostile environments, such as volcanic vents and hot springs
- archaeo- — indicating ancient or primitive time or condition
- archaeon — A microorganism, physically resembling a bacterium, of the kingdom Archaea.
- archaise — Standard spelling of from=non-Oxford.
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- archaist — something archaic, as a word or expression.
- archaize — to give an archaic appearance or character to, as by the use of archaisms
- archbanc — archebanc.
- archduke — a chief duke, esp (since 1453) a prince of the Austrian imperial dynasty
- archetto — a tool, consisting of a bow strung with wire, for trimming excess material from a piece being modeled.
- archival — Archival means belonging or relating to archives.
- archived — Simple past tense and past participle of archive.
- archiver — One who, or that which, archives.