9-letter words containing ar
- auricular — of, relating to, or received by the sense or organs of hearing; aural
- autarchic — absolute sovereignty.
- autarkies — Plural form of autarky.
- autoflare — a computer-operated, automatic landing system in an aircraft
- autostart — (transitive, intransitive, computing) To start automatically.
- auxiliary — An auxiliary is a person who is employed to assist other people in their work. Auxiliaries are often medical workers or members of the armed forces.
- avascular — (of certain tissues, such as cartilage) lacking blood vessels
- ave maria — “Hail, Mary,” the first words of the Latin version of a prayer to the Virgin Mary used in the Roman Catholic Church
- avid fart — a flashy and intrusive visual effects editing style
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- avuncular — An avuncular man or a man with avuncular behaviour is friendly and helpful towards someone younger.
- awardable — Capable of being awarded.
- awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- awkwardly — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- azedarach — the astringent bark of the chinaberry tree, formerly used as an emetic and cathartic
- b bursary — the lower of two bursaries available for students entering university, polytechnic, etc
- baby farm — a place that houses and takes care of babies for a fee.
- bacharach — Burt. born 1928, US composer of popular songs, usually with lyricist Hal David
- bacillary — of, relating to, or caused by bacilli
- back gear — (in a lathe) one of several gears for driving the headstock at various speeds.
- back yard — an area, usually paved, at the rear of a building
- backboard — In basketball, the backboard is the flat board above each of the baskets.
- backwards — If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
- backyards — Plural form of backyard.
- baia-mare — city in NW Romania: pop. 150,000
- bakeboard — a board on which bread dough is rolled and kneaded
- bakhtaran — city in W Iran: pop. 561,000
- ballparks — Plural form of ballpark.
- baltassar — Belteshazzar.
- balthazar — a wine bottle holding the equivalent of sixteen normal bottles (approximately 12 litres)
- balzarine — a light cotton and wool fabric used for dress-making
- bangarang — A commotion.
- bank barn — a barn built into the side of a hill or with earth banked around it, often a two-story barn thus having a ground-level entrance for each story.
- bank card — A bank card is a plastic card which your bank gives you so you can get money from your bank account using a cash machine. It is also called an ATM card in American English. In Britain, you also use bank cards to prove who you are when you pay for something by cheque.
- bar chart — A bar chart is a graph which uses parallel rectangular shapes to represent changes in the size, value, or rate of something or to compare the amount of something relating to a number of different countries or groups.
- bar chord — a musical chord that is played on a stringed instrument using the barré technique.
- bar clamp — a clamp having two jaws attached to a bar, one fixed and the other adjustable by means of a screw mechanism.
- bar ditch — a roadside borrow pit dug for drainage purposes.
- bar gemel — a charge consisting of two barrulets separated by an area the width of a barrulet.
- bar graph — A bar graph is the same as a bar chart.
- bar joist — a welded steel joist having an open web consisting of a single bent bar running in a zigzag pattern between horizontal upper and lower chords.
- bar kokba — Simon, died a.d. 135, Hebrew leader of insurrection against the Romans a.d. 132–135.
- bar snack — a light quick meal, such as a sandwich or pie, served in a bar
- bar-b-que — barbecue
- bar-spoon — a long-handled spoon, usually having the capacity of a teaspoon, used for mixing or measuring ingredients for alcoholic drinks.
- bar-stool — a high backless seat found chiefly in bars, at the serving counter
- baracaldo — city in The Basque Country, N Spain: pop. 105,000
- barachois — (in the Atlantic Provinces of Canada) a shallow lagoon formed by a sand bar
- baragouin — incomprehensible language; gibberish
- barasinga — a species of deer, Cervus duvaucelii, native to India and Nepal, known for the many-pointed nature of its antlers