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8-letter words containing a, l, t, o

  • strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
  • subtotal — the sum or total of a part of a group or column of figures, as in an accounting statement.
  • sutorial — relating to sewing or cobbling
  • tabletop — a surface forming or suggesting the top of a table.
  • tabloidy — characteristic of a tabloid newspaper; trashy
  • tabouleh — a salad of fine-ground bulgur, parsley, tomatoes, green onions, mint, olive oil, and lemon juice.
  • tacloban — a seaport on NE Leyte, in the central Philippines.
  • tagalong — a person or thing that follows the lead or initiative of another.
  • taglioni — Marie. 1804–84, Italian ballet dancer, whose romantic style greatly influenced ballet in the 19th century
  • tail off — diminish gradually
  • tail out — to guide (timber) as it emerges from a power saw
  • tailbone — the coccyx.
  • tailcoat — A tailcoat is a man's coat which is short at the front with long pieces at the back. Tailcoats were popular in the 19th century and are now worn only for very formal occasions, such as weddings.
  • taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
  • tailor's — a shop where clothes can be repaired or altered
  • tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
  • talapoin — a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
  • talassio — a god invoked at ancient Roman weddings, especially in epithalamions.
  • taleggio — a square Italian soft cheese with a salt-covered rind
  • talionic — of or relating to the system or legal principle of talion
  • talk out — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • tall oil — a resinous secondary product resulting from the manufacture of chemical wood pulp: used in the manufacture of soaps, paints, etc.
  • tall one — a beverage, especially an alcoholic drink, in a tall glass.
  • tally-ho — the cry of a participant at a hunt to encourage the hounds when the quarry is sighted
  • tap bolt — a bolt for driving into a tapped hole in metal and that can be held in place without a nut.
  • tapaculo — a small passeriform bird, Pteroptochus albicollis (megapodius), with short wings and cocked tail, native to South America
  • tarnopol — Ternopol.
  • tax loss — a loss sustained by a company that can be set against future profits for tax purposes
  • tcol.ada — CMU, 1980. An intermediate representation for Ada, was merged with AIDA to form Diana. "TCOL.Ada: Revised Report on an Intermediate Representation for the DOD Standard Programming Language", J.M. Newcomer et al, CMU-CS-79-128 (June 1979).
  • teetotal — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
  • temporal — of, relating to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.
  • teocalli — a ceremonial structure of the Aztecs, consisting of a truncated terraced pyramid supporting a temple.
  • teraflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of a thousand billion floating-point operations a second
  • tetronal — a sedative drug
  • thalloid — resembling or consisting of a thallus.
  • thallous — containing univalent thallium.
  • the oval — a cricket ground in south London, in the borough of Lambeth
  • theobald — Lewis, 1688–1744, English author.
  • thiazole — a colorless, slightly water-miscible liquid, C 3 H 3 NS, having a disagreeable odor.
  • thoracal — of or relating to the thorax.
  • thraldom — the state of being a thrall; bondage; slavery; servitude.
  • tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
  • tirolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
  • to blame — If someone is to blame for something bad that has happened, they are responsible for causing it.
  • to scale — in correct proportion, at actual size
  • toadflax — a common European plant, Linaria vulgaris, of the figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy yellow-and-orange flowers, naturalized as a weed in the U.S.
  • toadless — having no toads
  • toeplate — a metal reinforcement of the part of the sole of a shoe or boot underneath the toes
  • togoland — a former German protectorate in W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: E part is now the Republic of Togo; W part, a British mandate 1922–46 and trusteeship 1946–57, is now part of Ghana.
  • tolerant — inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing: tolerant of errors.
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