8-letter words containing ra
- 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
- 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
- arbitral — of or relating to arbitration
- 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
- arrastra — A device formerly used by gold-miners for grinding auriferous quartz, crudely resembling a mortar and pestle, with the crushing element dragged around by horse or mule.
- arraying — Present participle of array.
- as-sirat — the correct path of religion
- asa gray — Asa [ey-suh] /ˈeɪ sə/ (Show IPA), 1810–88, U.S. botanist.
- ash gray — pale gray resembling the color of ashes.
- ashtrays — Plural form of ashtray.
- asperate — (of plant parts) having a rough surface due to a covering of short stiff hairs
- aspirant — Someone who is an aspirant to political power or to an important job has a strong desire to achieve it.
- aspirata — a heavily aspirated stop that is made without vibration of the vocal cords
- aspirate — to articulate (a stop) with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- astragal — a small convex moulding, usually with a semicircular cross section
- astrally — pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- at grade — on the same level
- ataraxia — calmness or peace of mind; emotional tranquillity
- ataraxic — a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity.
- ataraxis — The absence of stress or anxiety; serenity.
- atrament — a liquid substance that is black in colour
- atrazine — a white crystalline compound widely used as a weedkiller. Formula: C8H14N5Cl
- attracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attract.
- augurate — The position or office of an augur.
- aurality — the quality, condition, or degree of being aural
- auramine — a yellow, crystalline solid, C 17 H 22 ClN 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether, used chiefly as a dye for paper and leather.
- autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.