8-letter words containing a, t, r, o
- tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- tornaria — the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
- toroidal — of or relating to a toroid.
- torquate — ringed about the neck, as with feathers or a color; collared.
- torralba — the site of a Lower Paleolithic hunting and butchering station east of Madrid, in the province of Soria, Spain, characterized by butchered elephant remains, stone hand axes, cleavers, and scrapers, and rare pieces of worked wood.
- torrance — a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- tortilla — a thin, round, unleavened bread prepared from cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, or the like.
- touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- tourista — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Latin America.
- tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- towardly — apt to learn; promising.
- towerman — Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains.
- town car — an automobile having an enclosed rear seat separated by a glass partition from the open driver's seat.
- townwear — tailored, usually conservative clothing appropriate for business or other activities in a town or city.
- toxocara — a parasitic worm infesting the intestines of cats and dogs
- toymaker — a person who makes toys.
- toyohara — former name of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
- tracheo- — denoting the trachea
- trachoma — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- trade on — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- tradeoff — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- traditor — an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
- trafford — a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 211 800 (2003 est). Area: 106 sq km (41 sq miles)
- tragopan — any of several Asian pheasants of the genus Tragopan, having two fleshy, erectile horns on the head and wattles on the throat.
- tramadol — an opioid analgesic, C 16 H 25 NO 2 , used to treat moderate to severe pain.
- tramroad — (in a mine) a small railroad for trams.
- trapdoor — a door flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof.
- trappose — relating to traprock
- traprock — trap3 .
- trapunto — quilting having an embossed design produced by outlining the pattern with single stitches and then padding it with yarn or cotton.
- travelog — a lecture, slide show, or motion picture describing travels.
- triazoic — hydrazoic.
- triazole — any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- trifocal — Optics. having three foci.
- trigonal — of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
- trimodal — (of a distribution) having three modes.
- trinodal — having three nodes or joints.
- tripodal — pertaining to or having the form of a tripod.
- tritonia — any plant of the perennial cormous S African genus Tritonia, with typically scarlet or orange flowers: family Iridaceae
- trizonal — formed or arranged in three layers or zones
- trochaic — pertaining to the trochee.
- trochlea — a pulleylike structure or arrangement of parts.
- tropaeum — a monument erected in ancient Greece or, especially, Rome to commemorate a military or naval victory.
- tropaion — a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- tropical — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- troupial — any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, especially one with brilliantly colored plumage, as Icterus icterus, of South America.
- tupamaro — any of a group of Marxist urban guerrillas in Uruguay
- turbocar — a car driven by a gas turbine