8-letter words containing a, c, t, i
- aduncity — the quality of being hooked or curved inward
- aetheric — ether (defs 3–5).
- afflicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict.
- agenetic — absence of or failed development of a body part.
- agnostic — An agnostic believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not. Compare atheist.
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- air duct — a pipe or channel permitting air to travel through a system, building, or other structure, such as a mine
- aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which can fly, for example an aeroplane or a helicopter.
- akinetic — without motion, unmoving
- alacrity — If you do something with alacrity, you do it quickly and eagerly.
- albicant — (rare) Growing or becoming white.
- alcestis — the wife of king Admetus of Thessaly. To save his life, she died in his place, but was rescued from Hades by Hercules
- alcithoe — a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus.
- alicante — a port in SE Spain: commercial centre. Pop: 305 911 (2003 est)
- altrices — altricial birds
- amchitka — an island off the coast of SW Alaska, in the W part of the Aleutian Islands: site of U.S. air base during World War II. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- amitotic — the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- amnestic — causing amnesia
- amniotic — of or relating to the amnion
- amuletic — having the qualities of a charm
- anabatic — (of air currents) rising upwards, esp up slopes
- analcite — a white, grey, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of hydrated sodium aluminium silicate in cubic crystalline form. Formula: NaAlSi2O6.H2O
- analytic — Analytic means the same as analytical.
- anatomic — of or relating to anatomy
- ancients — Plural form of ancient.
- anctious — Obsolete form of anxious.
- anicetus — Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- animatic — an initial edition or forerunner of a film, often a commercial, which contains a sequence of storyboard shots accompanied by a soundtrack
- antacids — Plural form of antacid.
- antalgic — relieving or reducing pain
- anthemic — (of a song) like an anthem in being rousing or uplifting.
- antiacid — Antacid.
- antiacne — inhibiting the development of acne
- anticity — opposed to cities
- anticize — to play absurdly, or perform antics
- anticked — Simple past tense and past participle of antic.
- anticlot — Countering clotting of the blood.
- anticold — preventing or treating the common cold
- anticous — (in plants) facing the axis of the flower
- anticult — opposed to religious cults
- antilock — designed to prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antipyic — acting against or preventing suppuration
- antirock — opposed to rock music
- anuretic — relating to an inability to urinate
- aoristic — Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- apatetic — of or relating to coloration that disguises and protects an animal
- aplastic — relating to or characterized by aplasia
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- apositic — causing apositia
- apractic — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized by an inability to perform purposeful movements, but not accompanied by a loss of sensory function or paralysis.