8-letter words containing a, s, t, i
- tailskid — a runner under the tail of an airplane.
- tailspin — spin (def 23).
- takasaki — a city in Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan.
- talassio — a god invoked at ancient Roman weddings, especially in epithalamions.
- taliesin — flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- talisman — a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
- tallises — a shawllike garment of wool, silk, or the like, with fringes, or zizith, at the four corners, worn around the shoulders by Orthodox and Conservative (sometimes also Reform) Jews, as during the morning service.
- tamarisk — any Old World tropical plant of the genus Tamarix, especially T. gallica, an ornamental Mediterranean shrub or small tree having slender, feathery branches.
- tameside — a unitary authority of NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 213 400 (2003 est). Area: 103 sq km (40 sq miles)
- tanaiste — the vice-Taoiseach or deputy prime minister of the Republic of Ireland
- tanistry — the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- tant pis — so much the worse
- 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.
- tarshish — an ancient country, of uncertain location, mentioned in the Bible. I Kings 10:22.
- tarsioid — a fossil of the suborder Tarsioidea
- tarsiped — a generic term for marsupials of the genus Tarsipes
- tashlikh — a Jewish rite, performed on the afternoon usually of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which the participants symbolically cast off their sins by gathering along the banks of a river, stream, or the like and reciting prayers of repentance.
- tasmania — an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
- tastevin — small shallow cup for wine tasting
- tastiest — good-tasting; savory: a tasty canapé.
- tax disc — In Britain, a tax disc is a small round piece of paper displayed on cars and motorcycles which proves that the owner has paid road tax.
- teamwise — in respect of a team, in the manner of a team
- teniasis — infestation with tapeworms.
- teratism — love or worship of the monstrous.
- teresian — a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- teresina — a state in NE Brazil. 96,860 sq. mi. (250,870 sq. km). Capital: Teresina.
- tetanise — to induce tetanus in (a muscle).
- the axis — the alliance of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Japan, established in 1936 and lasting until their defeat in World War II
- thespiae — a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- thisaway — this way; in this direction.
- tiberias — Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
- tidesman — a Customs official at a port
- tieclasp — a clip, often ornamental, which holds a tie in place against a shirt
- tightass — an inhibited or excessively self-controlled person
- timbales — a pair of single-headed, cylindrical drums joined by a frame and played with drumsticks, used, esp. originally, in Latin American dance music
- time was — there was a time
- timepass — a way of passing the time
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- tipstaff — an attendant or crier in a court of law.
- tiramisu — an Italian dessert with coffee and liquor-soaked layers of sponge cake alternating with mascarpone cheese and chocolate.
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- tiresias — a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- titaness — a female Titan
- titanism — revolt against tradition, convention, and established order.
- titanous — containing trivalent titanium.
- toadfish — any of several thick-headed, wide-mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau (oyster toadfish) ranging along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- toadyism — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- toasting — the act of raising a toast