8-letter words starting with ar
- 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
- 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.
- arrested — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
- arrestee — a person who is under arrest
- arrester — a person who arrests
- arrestor — Also, arrestor. a person or thing that arrests.
- arretine — of or relating to Arretium (the ancient Latin name of Arezzo, a city in central Italy)
- arrhizal — having no roots
- arriccio — (formerly in fresco painting) a second coat of plaster, somewhat finer than the first coat, applied over the entire surface and on which the drawing for the fresco is done.
- arrivals — Plural form of arrival.
- arriving — to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.
- arrivism — the conduct or condition of an arriviste.
- arrogant — Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others.
- arrogate — If someone arrogates to themselves something such as a responsibility or privilege, they claim or take it even though they have no right to do so.
- arrowing — Present participle of arrow.
- ars nova — a style of music of the 14th century, characterized by great freedom and variety of rhythm and melody contrasted with the strictness of the music of the 13th century
- arsehole — If one person calls another person an arsehole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- arsenals — Plural form of arsenal.
- arsenate — a salt or ester of arsenic acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O43–
- arsenide — a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element
- arsenite — a salt or ester of arsenous acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O33–
- arsenous — of or containing trivalent arsenic
- arsonist — An arsonist is a person who deliberately sets fire to a building or vehicle.
- arsonous — relating to arson
- art deco — Art Deco is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1920s and 30s. It uses simple, bold designs on materials such as plastic and glass.
- art film — a film characterized primarily by content and technique that reflect an artistic sensibility, by psychological or social realism, etc.
- art form — If you describe an activity as an art form, you mean that it is concerned with creating objects, works, or performances that are beautiful or have a serious meaning.
- art rock — a type of rock music, often with poetic lyrics, characterized by sophisticated harmonic, dynamic, and technical complexity based on forms derived from classical music and requiring performers of considerable training and skill.
- art song — a song written by a trained composer to convey a specific artistic idea, as in projecting the mood and meaning of a poetic text
- artefact — An artefact is an ornament, tool, or other object that is made by a human being, especially one that is historically or culturally interesting.
- arteriae — Plural form of arteria.
- arterial — Arterial means involving or relating to your arteries and the movement of blood through your body.
- arteries — Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- arterio- — artery or arteries
- artesian — noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- arteveld — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1290?–1345, Flemish statesman.
- artfully — slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes.
- arthouse — a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
- articals — Misspelling of articles Plural form of artical.
- articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.