8-letter words containing a, t, o, r, n
- flatiron — a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- formants — Plural form of formant.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- frontals — Plural form of frontal.
- frontman — a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.
- garoting — to execute by the garrote.
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- grantors — Plural form of grantor.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- great on — enthusiastic about
- groaneth — Archaic third-person singular form of groan.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- hawthorn — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family, typically a small tree with stiff thorns, certain North American species of which have white or pink blossoms and bright-colored fruits and are cultivated in hedges.
- horatian — of or relating to Horace.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- hortulan — (obsolete) Belonging to a garden.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- inornate — Not ornate.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- ion trap — any device used to prevent ions in an electron beam from striking other apparatus, especially in mass spectrometry.
- janitors — Plural form of janitor.
- juration — an act of taking or administering an oath.
- k ration — an emergency field ration for U.S. armed forces when other food or rations are not available, consisting of three separate packaged meals of concentrated or dehydrated food.
- karyotin — chromatin
- labornet — An IGC network serving groups, unions and labour advocates interested in information sharing and collaboration with the intent of enhancing the human rights and economic justice of workers. Issues covered include workplace and community health and safety issues, trade issues and international union solidarity and collaboration.
- lanthorn — lantern.
- later on — a comparative of late: Her later years were not happy.
- lorestan — Luristan.
- losartan — An angiotensin receptor antagonist that shows antihypertensive activity.
- mandator — a person who gives a mandate.
- marathon — a plain in SE Greece, in Attica: the Athenians defeated the Persians here 490 b.c.
- marmiton — A chef's assistant, kitchen boy.
- maronite — a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- martagon — A Eurasian lily.
- martinon — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1910–76, French violinist, conductor, and composer.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- miniator — to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- minotaur — Classical Mythology. a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man: housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.
- monastir — Bitola
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monocrat — a person favoring monocracy.
- monstera — any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- montaria — a Brazilian canoe made of a single piece of timber