8-letter words containing a, s, t, i
- artistry — Artistry is the creative skill of an artist, writer, actor, or musician.
- artivist — A person who engages in artivism.
- as-sirat — the correct path of religion
- asbestic — relating to asbestos
- ascetics — Plural form of ascetic.
- asfetida — asafetida.
- asherite — a member of the tribe of Asher.
- aspartic — Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its derivatives.
- asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
- aspirant — Someone who is an aspirant to political power or to an important job has a strong desire to achieve it.
- aspirata — a heavily aspirated stop that is made without vibration of the vocal cords
- aspirate — to articulate (a stop) with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- assiento — a slave trade treaty between other countries and Spain which allowed other countries to supply slaves to Spanish dependencies or colonies
- assignat — the paper money issued by the Constituent Assembly in 1789, backed by the confiscated land of the Church and the émigrés
- assisted — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- assister — One who assists; an assistant or helper.
- assistor — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- astatide — a binary compound of astatine with a more electropositive element
- astatine — a radioactive element of the halogen series: a decay product of uranium and thorium that occurs naturally in minute amounts and is artificially produced by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles. Symbol: At; atomic no: 85; half-life of most stable isotope, 210At: 8.1 hours; probable valency: 1,3,5, or 7; melting pt: 302°C; boiling pt: 337°C (est)
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asterisk — An asterisk is the sign *. It is used especially to indicate that there is further information about something in another part of the text.
- asterism — three asterisks arranged in a triangle (⁂ or ), to draw attention to the text that follows
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- asthenia — an abnormal loss of strength; debility
- asthenic — of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak
- astigmia — Also called astigmia [uh-stig-mee-uh] /əˈstɪg mi ə/ (Show IPA). Ophthalmology. a refractive error of the eye in which parallel rays of light from an external source do not converge on a single focal point on the retina.
- astilbes — Plural form of astilbe.
- astonied — stunned; dazed
- astonish — If something or someone astonishes you, they surprise you very much.
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- astroids — Plural form of astroid.
- astucity — Craftiness; astuteness.
- asturian — of or relating to Asturias
- asturias — a region and former kingdom of NW Spain, consisting of a coastal plain and the Cantabrian Mountains: a Christian stronghold against the Moors (8th to 13th centuries); rich mineral resources
- at first — You use at first when you are talking about what happens in the early stages of an event or experience, or just after something else has happened, in contrast to what happens later.
- at issue — The question or point at issue is the question or point that is being argued about or discussed.
- at sight — as soon as seen
- at times — You use at times to say that something happens or is true on some occasions or at some moments.
- ataraxis — The absence of stress or anxiety; serenity.
- atari st — (computer) A personal computer released by Atari in 1985. The "ST" stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", from the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit processor. The original 520ST model had an external floppy drive and power supply whereas the 1040ST had them built-in. The 520 and later 520STFM came with 512 KB of RAM, the 1040 had 1 MB. Several upgraded models followed, up to the 1993 Motorola 68030 based Falcon. The ST was the first home computer with built-in MIDI ports and plenty of MIDI software. A wide range of other software from office to games was also available.
- atavisms — Plural form of atavism.
- atavists — Biology. the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations. an individual embodying such a reversion.
- atchison — a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River.
- ateliers — Plural form of atelier.
- atheists — Plural form of atheist.
- atkinson — Sir Harry Albert. 1831–92, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1876–77; 1883–84; 1887–91)
- atlantis — (in ancient legend) a continent said to have sunk beneath the Atlantic Ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar
- atomised — to reduce to atoms.
- atomiser — Modern commonwealth spelling of 'atomizer'.
- atomises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of atomise.