8-letter words containing a, s, t, r
- armrests — Plural form of armrest.
- 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.
- 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.
- arsenate — a salt or ester of arsenic acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O43–
- arsenite — a salt or ester of arsenous acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O33–
- arsonist — An arsonist is a person who deliberately sets fire to a building or vehicle.
- 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
- arteries — Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- artesian — noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- arthouse — a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
- articals — Misspelling of articles Plural form of artical.
- articles — legal training
- artiness — The quality of being arty.
- artisans — a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- artistes — Plural form of artiste.
- artistic — Someone who is artistic is good at drawing or painting, or arranging things in a beautiful way.
- artistry — Artistry is the creative skill of an artist, writer, actor, or musician.
- artivist — A person who engages in artivism.
- artspeak — (language) An early simple language for plotter graphics.
- artworks — Printing. the elements that constitute a mechanical, as type, proofs, and illustrations. a mechanical; paste-up.
- as-sirat — the correct path of religion
- asarotum — (in ancient Roman architecture) a painted pavement.
- ashcroft — Dame Peggy. 1907–91, English stage and film actress
- asherite — a member of the tribe of Asher.
- ashtrays — Plural form of ashtray.
- aspartic — Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its derivatives.
- asperate — (of plant parts) having a rough surface due to a covering of short stiff hairs
- asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
- 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
- assenter — a person who agrees or complies
- assentor — any of the eight voters legally required to endorse the nomination of a candidate in a parliamentary or local election in addition to the nominator and seconder
- asserted — resting on a statement or claim unsupported by evidence or proof; alleged: The asserted value of the property was twice the amount anyone offered.
- asserter — One who makes an assertion.
- assertor — One who asserts or avers.
- assister — One who assists; an assistant or helper.
- assistor — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- assorted — A group of assorted things is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
- assorter — to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asterisk — An asterisk is the sign *. It is used especially to indicate that there is further information about something in another part of the text.
- asterism — three asterisks arranged in a triangle (⁂ or ), to draw attention to the text that follows
- asternal — not connected or joined to the sternum
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- astragal — a small convex moulding, usually with a semicircular cross section
- astrally — pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.