8-letter words containing a, l, t, o
- antilock — designed to prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antilogy — a contradiction in terms
- antipole — the opposite pole
- antiroll — designed to prevent a vehicle from tilting
- apholate — a chemical used in pesticides which inhibits an organism's reproduction
- apoplast — the nonprotoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material
- apostilb — a unit of luminance equal to one ten thousandth of a lambert.
- apostles — Plural form of apostle.
- appleton — Sir Edward (Victor). 1892–1965, English physicist, noted particularly for his research on the ionosphere: Nobel prize for physics 1947
- areolate — a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- assoluta — absolute; supreme: a prima ballerina assoluta.
- asystole — the absence of heartbeat; cardiac arrest
- atenolol — a type of beta-blocker that is taken by mouth and is used to treat angina and high blood pressure
- atheldom — (rare) The state or condition of being athel or noble; nobility.
- atmology — the study of or the scientific discipline of aqueous vapour
- atmolyse — to separate gases, which have differing degrees of diffusibility, by filtering
- atomical — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- atonable — Capable of being atoned for.
- atonally — In an atonal manner; without tone.
- autodial — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- autofill — (computing) Any software feature that fills in (fields of a form, cells of a spreadsheet, etc.) automatically.
- autoflow — (transitive, computing) To flow (text) automatically.
- autolisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp used by the Autocad CAD package from Autodesk.
- autoload — to load automatically
- autology — the study of oneself
- autoloom — (India) A type of power loom.
- autolyse — to undergo or cause to undergo autolysis
- autolyze — to affect with or undergo autolysis
- axolotls — Plural form of axolotl.
- back lot — an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes.
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- ballonet — an air or gas compartment in a balloon or nonrigid airship, used to control buoyancy and shape
- balloted — a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
- ballotee — a person who has been balloted or conscripted, esp into military service or into the mines
- balloter — a person who votes by ballot
- barstool — a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- bath oil — scented oil added to bath water
- batology — the study of members of the species Rubus
- bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
- benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals
- bestowal — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- betazole — a substance, C 5 H 9 N 3 , used in medicine to stimulate gastric secretion.
- biathlon — a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course
- bilobate — divided into or having two lobes
- bioplast — a very small unit of bioplasm
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- blacktop — Blacktop is a hard black substance which is used as a surface for roads.