8-letter words containing a, n
- air-line — straight; direct; traveling a direct route: Some railroads advertise air-line routes between stations.
- airborne — If an aircraft is airborne, it is in the air and flying.
- airbound — supported by air
- airdrawn — having its outline traced in air
- airiness — the quality or condition of being fresh, light, or breezy
- airliner — An airliner is a large aeroplane that is used for carrying passengers.
- airlines — Plural form of airline.
- airplane — An airplane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines that enable it to fly through the air.
- airwoman — An airwoman is a woman who flies aircraft, especially one who serves in her country's air force.
- akhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- akinesia — the loss of the ability to move, caused by diseases of the central nervous system
- akinesis — absence, loss, or impairment of the power of voluntary movement.
- akinetic — without motion, unmoving
- akkadian — a member of an ancient Semitic people who lived in central Mesopotamia in the third millennium bc
- akkerman — former name of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
- al dente — If you cook pasta or a vegetable until it is al dente, you cook it just long enough so that it is neither hard nor soft but is firm and slightly chewy.
- alamanni — a confederation of Germanic tribes, first recorded in the 3rd century a.d., that settled in the area between the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, and made harassing attacks against the Roman Empire.
- alan kay — (person) The leader of the Software Concepts Group at Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre which developed Smalltalk, the pioneering object-oriented programming system, in 1972.
- alarming — Something that is alarming makes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- albanese — Licia [lee-chee-uh;; Italian lee-chah] /ˈli tʃi ə;; Italian ˈli tʃɑ/ (Show IPA), 1913–2014, Italian operatic soprano.
- albanian — Albanian means belonging or relating to Albania, its people, language, or culture.
- alberoni — Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.
- albertan — of or relating to Alberta or its inhabitants
- albicant — (rare) Growing or becoming white.
- albiness — a female albino
- albinism — the condition of being an albino
- albinoid — Of or pertaining to an animal or person with albinism.
- albinoni — Tomaso (toˈmaːzo). 1671–1750, Italian composer and violinist. He wrote concertos and over 50 operas
- albronze — aluminum bronze.
- albumens — Plural form of albumen.
- albumina — Plural form of albumen.
- albumins — Plural form of albumin.
- alburnum — sapwood
- alcandre — the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- alchuine — (Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- alcidine — of, relating to, or belonging to the Alcidae, a family of sea birds including the auks, guillemots, puffins, and related forms
- alcindor — (Ferdinand) Lew(is, Jr.) original name of Abdul-Jabbar.
- alcinous — (in Homer's Odyssey) a Phaeacian king at whose court the shipwrecked Odysseus told of his wanderings
- alcmaeon — a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle who commanded the second expedition against Thebes. He killed his mother for sending his father to certain death and was driven mad by the Furies.
- alcorcon — city in central Spain, near Madrid: pop. 140,000
- alderman — In some parts of the United States and Canada, an alderman is a member of the governing body of a city.
- aldermen — Plural form of alderman.
- alderney — one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel: separated from the French coast by a dangerous tidal channel (the Race of Alderney). Pop: 2294 (2001). Area: 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
- aldimine — (organic chemistry) An imine derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NR.
- alebench — a bench inside or in front of an alehouse
- alekhine — Alexander. 1892–1946, Russian-born chess player who lived in France; world champion (1927–35, 1937–46)
- alemanni — a West Germanic people who settled in the 4th century ad between the Rhine, the Main, and the Danube
- alerting — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- aleurone — finely granulated protein present in seeds generally and forming the outer layer of cereal seeds
- aleutian — of, denoting, or relating to the Aleutian Islands, the Aleuts, or their language