8-letter words containing ar
- aristate — Botany. having aristae; awned.
- aristide — Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- arizonan — of Arizona
- arkansan — a native or inhabitant of Arkansas
- arkansas — a state of the southern US: mountainous in the north and west, with the alluvial plain of the Mississippi in the east; has the only diamond mine in the US; the chief US producer of bauxite. Capital: Little Rock. Pop: 2 725 714 (2003 est). Area: 134 537 sq km (51 945 sq miles)
- armagnac — Armagnac is a type of brandy made in south-west France.
- armalite — a lightweight high-velocity rifle of various calibres, capable of automatic and semiautomatic operation
- armament — Armament is used to refer to weapons and bombs carried by an aircraft or other military vehicle.
- armarian — a monk in charge of the library and scriptorium in a monastery.
- armarium — ambry (def 1).
- armature — a revolving structure in an electric motor or generator, wound with the coils that carry the current
- armbands — Plural form of armband.
- armchair — An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms.
- armenian — a native or inhabitant of Armenia or an Armenian-speaking person elsewhere
- armgaunt — (of limbs) slender
- armguard — a band of leather or other material worn about the wrist or lower part of the arm for protection and support.
- armholes — Plural form of armhole.
- armidale — a town in Australia, in NE New South Wales: a centre for tourism. Pop: 20 271 (2001)
- arminian — denoting, relating to, or believing in the Christian Protestant doctrines of Jacobus Arminius, published in 1610, which rejected absolute predestination and insisted that the sovereignty of God is compatible with free will in man. These doctrines deeply influenced Wesleyan and Methodist theology
- arminius — ?17 bc–?21 ad, Germanic chieftain: organized a revolt against the Romans in 9 ad
- armitage — Simon (Robert). born 1963, British poet and writer, whose collections include Zoom! (1989), Killing Time (1999), and Universal Home Doctor (2002)
- armlocks — Plural form of armlock.
- armoires — Plural form of armoire.
- armonica — a glass harmonica, being a musical instrument of the 18th century consisting of a set of glass bowls of graduated pitches, played by rubbing the fingers over the moistened rims or by a keyboard mechanism
- armorers — Plural form of armorer.
- armorial — of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms
- armorica — an ancient name for Brittany
- armories — (US) Plural form of armory.
- armorist — a heraldry expert
- armorize — to equip with armor or other protective devices: to armorize a car with bulletproof glass.
- armoured — Armoured vehicles are fitted with a hard metal covering in order to protect them from gunfire and other missiles.
- armourer — An armourer is someone who makes or supplies weapons.
- armozeen — a plain silk, often black, used for clerical gowns and mourning purposes, as well as for women's dresses during and before the 18th century
- armpatch — an insignia, badge, slogan, or the like sewn on the sleeve of a uniform shirt or jacket or affixed to an armband to indicate one's affiliation, sponsorship, rank, etc.
- armrests — Plural form of armrest.
- arms-eye — the armhole opening in a garment.
- army ant — any of various mainly tropical American predatory ants of the subfamily Dorylinae, which live in temporary nests and travel in vast hordes preying on other animals
- armyworm — the caterpillar of a widely distributed noctuid moth, Leucania unipuncta, which travels in vast hordes and is a serious pest of cereal crops in North America
- arnsberg — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany.
- arointed — Simple past tense and past participle of aroint.
- aromatic — An aromatic plant or food has a strong, pleasant smell of herbs or spices.
- arousing — causing sexual excitement
- arpeggio — a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
- arquebus — a portable long-barrelled gun dating from the 15th century: fired by a wheel-lock or matchlock
- arraigns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arraign.
- arranged — If you say how things are arranged, you are talking about their position in relation to each other or to something else.
- arranger — An arranger is a musician who arranges music by other composers, either for particular instruments or voices, or for a particular performance.
- arranges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrange.
- arrantly — downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious: an arrant fool.
- arrasene — a material of wool and silk that is used in embroidery