8-letter words containing a, r, c, t
- altrices — altricial birds
- ancaster — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
- anchoret — anchorite.
- antirock — opposed to rock music
- anuretic — relating to an inability to urinate
- aoristic — Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- 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.
- apricate — to sunbathe or bask in the sun
- apricity — (obsolete) The warmth of the Sun.
- apricots — Plural form of apricot.
- apyretic — without fever
- arcanist — a person with secret knowledge of a manufacturing technique
- arcature — a small-scale arcade
- archaist — something archaic, as a word or expression.
- archetto — a tool, consisting of a bow strung with wire, for trimming excess material from a piece being modeled.
- archlute — a long, large bass lute
- arclight — A lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.
- arctiids — Plural form of arctiid.
- arcturus — the brightest star in the constellation Boötes: a red giant. Visual magnitude: –0.4; spectral type: K2III; distance: 37 light years
- arcuated — Alternative form of arcuate.
- argentic — of or containing silver in the divalent or trivalent state
- armpatch — an insignia, badge, slogan, or the like sewn on the sleeve of a uniform shirt or jacket or affixed to an armband to indicate one's affiliation, sponsorship, rank, etc.
- aromatic — An aromatic plant or food has a strong, pleasant smell of herbs or spices.
- art deco — Art Deco is a style of decoration and architecture that was common in the 1920s and 30s. It uses simple, bold designs on materials such as plastic and glass.
- art rock — a type of rock music, often with poetic lyrics, characterized by sophisticated harmonic, dynamic, and technical complexity based on forms derived from classical music and requiring performers of considerable training and skill.
- artefact — An artefact is an ornament, tool, or other object that is made by a human being, especially one that is historically or culturally interesting.
- articals — Misspelling of articles Plural form of artical.
- articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
- articles — legal training
- artifact — any object made by human work; esp., a simple or primitive tool, weapon, vessel, etc.
- artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- artistic — Someone who is artistic is good at drawing or painting, or arranging things in a beautiful way.
- arythmic — relating to arythmia
- ashcroft — Dame Peggy. 1907–91, English stage and film actress
- aspartic — Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its derivatives.
- ataraxic — a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity.
- atrichia — congenital absence or loss of hair.
- atrocity — An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
- atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attacher — Someone who attaches.
- attacker — You can refer to a person who attacks someone as their attacker.
- attercop — a spider
- attracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attract.
- autarchy — unlimited rule; autocracy
- autarkic — the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation.
- autocarp — any fruit that is produced through self-fertilization
- autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.