8-letter words containing ar
- alvarado — ˈPedro de (ˈpɛdroʊ deɪ ) ; peˈdrō dā) 1495-1541; Sp. general with Cortés in the conquest of Mexico
- alveolar — of, relating to, or resembling an alveolus
- amaracus — a genus of herbaceous plant with fragrant flowers
- amaranth — an imaginary flower that never fades
- amarelle — a variety of sour cherry that has pale red fruit and colourless juice
- amaretti — Italian almond biscuits
- amaretto — an Italian liqueur with a flavour of almonds
- amarillo — an industrial city in NW Texas. Pop: 178 612 (2003 est)
- ambedkar — Bhimrao Ramji [beem-rou rahm-jee] /ˈbim raʊ ˈrɑm dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1893–1956, Indian politician and jurist.
- amritsar — a city in India, in NW Punjab: centre of the Sikh religion; site of a massacre in 1919 of unarmed supporters of Indian self-government by British troops; in 1984 the Golden Temple, fortified by Sikhs, was attacked by Indian troops with the loss of many Sikh lives. Pop: 975 695 (2001)
- anarchal — having no government; anarchic
- anarchic — If you describe someone or something as anarchic, you disapprove of them because they do not recognize or obey any rules or laws.
- anarcho- — Anarcho- combines with nouns and adjectives to form words indicating that something is both anarchistic and the other thing that is mentioned.
- anasarca — a generalized accumulation of serous fluid within the subcutaneous connective tissue, resulting in oedema
- annulary — (archaic) Having the form of a ring; annular.
- anovular — not associated with or accompanied by ovulation
- ant bear — a large, ant-eating, edentate mammal (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) of Central America and tropical South America, with a long, shaggy tail; giant anteater
- antbears — Plural form of antbear.
- antiarin — a poison derived from antiar
- antiarmy — Opposing an army or armies.
- antiwear — preventing deterioration as a result of use
- apiarian — of or relating to the breeding and care of bees
- apiaries — Plural form of apiary.
- apiarist — a person who studies or keeps bees
- apocarpy — the quality of being apocarpous
- apparate — (obsolete) apparatus.
- apparell — Obsolete form of apparel.
- apparels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apparel.
- apparent — An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist.
- appeared — to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
- appearer — a person who appears
- aquafarm — to cultivate fish or shellfish under controlled conditions
- aquapark — A water park.
- aquarial — related to an aquarium
- aquarian — a person who keeps an aquarium
- aquarids — either of two collections of meteors comprising meteor showers having their apparent origin in the constellation Aquarius and visible either in early May (Eta Aquarids) or late July (Delta Aquarids)
- aquarist — the curator of an aquarium
- aquarium — An aquarium is a building, often in a zoo, where fish and underwater animals are kept.
- aquarius — Aquarius is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a person pouring water. People who are born approximately between 20th January and 18th February come under this sign.
- aquitard — A semipermeable layer along an aquifer.
- ar rimal — Rubʿ al Khali.
- arabella — a feminine name: dim. Bella
- arabises — any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- araceous — belonging to the plant family Araceae.
- arachnid — any terrestrial chelicerate arthropod of the class Arachnida, characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs. The group includes the spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and harvestmen
- araguaia — a river in central Brazil, rising in S central Mato Grosso state and flowing north to the Tocantins River. Length: over 1771 km (1100 miles)
- araguari — a city in central Brazil.
- araguaya — a river in S central Brazil, flowing N to the Tocantins River. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- aral sea — a lake in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, east of the Caspian Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world: shallow and saline, now badly polluted; use of its source waters for irrigation led to a loss of over 50% of its area between 1967 and 1997, after which the reduction began to be slowed. Area originally (to 1960) about 68 000 sq km (26 400 sq miles); water area reduced by 2004 to about 17 158 sq km (6625 sq miles) and the lake divided into sections
- araldite — a strong epoxy resin best known as a glue