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8-letter words containing a, m, t

  • tamatave — a seaport on E Madagascar.
  • tamboura — an Asian musical instrument of the lute family having a small, round body and a long neck.
  • tameable — able to be tamed.
  • tameless — untamed or untamable.
  • tameness — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
  • tameside — a unitary authority of NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 213 400 (2003 est). Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
  • tamper's — a person or thing that tamps.
  • tamworth — a city in E Australia.
  • tantalum — a gray, hard, rare, metallic element occurring in columbite and tantalite and usually associated with niobium: used, because of its resistance to corrosion by most acids, for chemical, dental, and surgical instruments and apparatus. Symbol: Ta; atomic weight: 180.948; atomic number: 73; specific gravity: 16.6.
  • tantrism — (italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
  • taormina — a resort commune in Messina, in E Sicily, Italy: Roman remains.
  • tapeworm — any of various flat or tapelike worms of the class Cestoidea, lacking an alimentary canal, and parasitic when adult in the alimentary canal of humans and other vertebrates: the larval and adult stages are usually in different hosts.
  • tarentum — ancient name of Taranto.
  • tasmania — an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
  • tautomer — a compound that exhibits tautomerism.
  • tautonym — a scientific name in which the generic and the specific names are the same, as Chloris chloris (the greenfinch).
  • taxonomy — the science or technique of classification.
  • tea room — A tea room is the same as a tea shop.
  • teammate — a member of the same team.
  • teamster — a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation.
  • teamwise — in respect of a team, in the manner of a team
  • teamwork — cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause.
  • teasmade — an automatic tea-making machine
  • telegram — a message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
  • telemann — Georg Philipp [gey-awrk fee-lip,, fil-ip] /geɪˌɔrk ˈfi lɪp,, ˈfɪl ɪp/ (Show IPA), 1681–1767, German composer.
  • telemark — a turn in which a skier places one ski far forward of the other and gradually angles the tip of the forward ski inward in the direction to be turned.
  • temesvar — Hungarian name of Timişoara.
  • temirtau — a city in E central Kazakhstan, NW of Karaganda.
  • template — a pattern, mold, or the like, usually consisting of a thin plate of wood or metal, serving as a gauge or guide in mechanical work.
  • temporal — of, relating to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.
  • teraphim — small images or other things representing household gods, used among ancient Semitic peoples
  • teratism — love or worship of the monstrous.
  • teratoma — a tumor made up of different types of tissue.
  • term day — a fixed or appointed day, as for the payment of money due; a quarter day.
  • terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
  • testamur — a certificate proving an examination has been passed
  • testatum — a part of a purchase deed
  • tetramer — a molecule composed of four identical, simpler molecules.
  • thalamic — Anatomy. the middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
  • thalamus — Anatomy. the middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
  • thallium — a soft, malleable, rare, bluish-white metallic element: used in the manufacture of alloys and, in the form of its salts, in rodenticides. Symbol: Tl; atomic weight: 204.37; atomic number: 81; specific gravity: 11.85 at 20°C.
  • thanedom — something that belongs to or lies within the jurisdiction of a thane
  • the atom — nuclear energy
  • the game — charades
  • the lamb — a title given to Christ in the New Testament
  • the maid — Joan of Arc
  • the manx — the people of the Isle of Man
  • the many — the majority of mankind, esp the common people
  • the mark — the middle of the stomach at or above the line made by the boxer's trunks
  • thematic — of or relating to a theme.
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