8-letter words containing a, l, t, r
- clarting — Present participle of clart.
- clathrin — a basketlike network of protein molecules that forms on the cell membrane in response to the attachment of ligands to receptors and becomes the inside surface of the coated vesicle during endocytosis.
- clatters — Plural form of clatter.
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.
- claustra — barrier.
- clearcut — Alternative spelling of clear cut.
- clearest — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- clip art — a large collection of simple drawings stored in a computer from which items can be selected for incorporation into documents
- clithral — (of a classical temple) roofed over.
- clitoral — Clitoral means concerned with or relating to the clitoris.
- coal tar — Coal tar is a thick black liquid made from coal which is used for making drugs and chemical products.
- coalport — a white translucent bone china having richly coloured moulded patterns, made in the 19th century at Coalport near Shrewsbury
- collaret — a small collar
- collator — a person or machine that collates texts or manuscripts
- colorant — A colorant is a substance that is used to give something a particular color.
- colorate — To apply color to something, make colourful.
- coltrane — John (William). 1926–67, US jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer
- contrail — a white trail of condensed water vapor that sometimes forms in the wake of an aircraft; vapor trail
- corelate — to correlate.
- cortical — of a cortex
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- craftily — skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- crapplet — (web, abuse) A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!"
- crateful — (informal) As much as a crate would hold.
- critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crotalum — a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece
- crystall — Obsolete form of crystal.
- crystals — Plural form of crystal.
- cultivar — a variety of a plant that was produced from a natural species and is maintained by cultivation
- cultrate — shaped like a knife blade
- cultural — Cultural means relating to a particular society and its ideas, customs, and art.
- curtails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curtail.
- curtalax — cutlass.
- curvital — of or relating to curvature, esp in geometry
- d'albert — Eugen [German oi-geyn] /German ɔɪˈgeɪn/ (Show IPA), or Eugène [French œ-zhen] /French œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), Francis Charles, 1864–1932, German-French pianist and composer, born in Scotland.
- dactylar — of or pertaining to a dactyl
- dataller — a worker paid by the day
- daytaler — a worker who is appointed and paid on a daily basis
- decretal — a papal edict on doctrine or church law
- deflater — a person or device that causes deflation
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- delsarte — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- dentural — of or relating to dentures
- desalter — an apparatus for desalting
- detailer — a person who cares for (polishes, repaints, cleans, etc) cars
- detrital — rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.