8-letter words containing ara
- carageen — carrageen
- caramels — Plural form of caramel.
- carangid — any marine percoid fish of the family Carangidae, having a compressed body and deeply forked tail. The group includes the jacks, horse mackerel, pompano, and pilot fish
- carapace — A carapace is the protective shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs.
- caravans — Plural form of caravan.
- caravels — Plural form of caravel.
- cascaras — Plural form of cascara.
- cataract — Cataracts are layers over a person's eyes that prevent them from seeing properly. Cataracts usually develop because of old age or illness.
- characid — (zoology) Any member of the Characidae.
- characin — any small carnivorous freshwater cyprinoid fish of the family Characidae, of Central and South America and Africa. They are similar to the carps but more brightly coloured
- charades — a parlour game in which one team acts out each syllable of a word, the other team having to guess the word
- charanga — a type of orchestra used in performing traditional Cuban music
- charango — an Andean ten-stringed instrument of the lute family
- chinkara — an Indian gazelle, Gazella gazella bennetti
- citharas — Plural form of cithara.
- demerara — a former region of what is now Guyana, on the Demerara river
- earaches — Plural form of earache.
- embarass — Misspelling of embarrass.
- faradise — /far'*-di:z/ [US Geological Survey] To start any hyper-addictive process or trend, or to continue adding current to such a trend. Telling one user about a new octo-tetris game you compiled would be a faradising act - in two weeks you might find your entire department playing the faradic game.
- faradism — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- faradize — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- foofaraw — a great fuss or disturbance about something very insignificant.
- fujiwara — a member of a powerful family in Japan who exercised power as regents in the name of the emperor, a.d. 858–1160.
- fumarase — an enzyme found in liver and muscle which acts as a catalyst in the inter-conversion of fumarate and malate
- fumarate — the salt of fumaric acid, a key chemical intermediate in the Krebs cycle.
- gandhara — an ancient region in what is now NW Pakistan.
- garaging — a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles.
- garagist — a person who owns a commercial garage
- garamond — a printing type designed in 1540 by Claude Garamond (c1480–1561), French type founder.
- ghaghara — a river in SW Tibet, Nepal, and N India, flowing S and SE to the Ganges River. 640 miles (1030 km) long.
- glutaral — Glutaraldehyde.
- guaracha — a vigorous Cuban dance in triple meter.
- guaranty — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- gujarati — an Indic language of western India.
- gurdwara — a Sikh temple in India.
- haftarah — a portion of the Prophets that is chanted or read in the synagogue on the Sabbath and holy days immediately after the Parashah.
- haphtara — the part of the Prophets read in synagogue services on the Sabbath and certain major holy days: the selection is related to the part of the Pentateuch read just before it
- harakeke — (NZ) flax, specifically Phormium tenax.
- harakiri — Alternative spelling of hara-kiri.
- harald i — called Harald Fairhair. ?850–933, first king of Norway: his rule caused emigration to the British Isles
- harald v — born 1937, king of Norway since 1991.
- harambee — a work chant used on the E African coast
- harangue — a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- harappan — of or relating to Harappa, especially the Bronze Age culture of the Indus valley civilization.
- harassed — stressed, tormented
- harasser — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- harasses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harass.
- hearable — to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?
- heketara — a small shrub, Olearia rani, which has flowers with white petals and yellow centres
- huarache — a Mexican sandal having the upper woven of leather strips.