8-letter words containing a, t, r
- albert i — c. 1255–1308, king of Germany (1298–1308)
- albertan — of or relating to Alberta or its inhabitants
- albright — Horace Marden [mahrd-n] /ˈmɑrd n/ (Show IPA), 1890–1987, U.S. conservationist and cofounder of the National Park Service.
- alcatraz — an island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: a federal prison until 1963
- aleatory — dependent on chance
- alegrete — a city in SW Brazil.
- alembert — Jean Le Rond [zhahn luh rawn] /ʒɑ̃ lə ˈrɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1717?–83, French mathematician, philosopher, and writer: associate of Diderot.
- alerting — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- algerita — agarita.
- alistair — a masculine name
- alitrunk — (zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
- all-star — An all-star cast, performance, or game is one which contains only famous or extremely good performers or players.
- allecret — a half suit of light plate armor.
- allotter — a person who allots
- allright — yes; very well; OK: All right, I'll go with you.
- allsorts — assorted small candies, usually flavored with licorice
- alrighty — Lb informal Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- alt-rock — a genre of rock music regarded by its practitioners and fans as being outside the mainstream
- altamira — a cave in N Spain, SW of Santander, noted for Old Stone Age wall drawings
- altarage — the donations made at an altar
- alterant — that which alters the state of something
- alterers — Plural form of alterer.
- altering — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- alterity — the quality of being different
- alternat — the practice of deciding precedence by lot
- althorns — Plural form of althorn.
- altrices — altricial birds
- altruism — Altruism is unselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare.
- altruist — a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
- alumroot — any of several North American plants of the saxifragaceous genus Heuchera, having small white, reddish, or green bell-shaped flowers and astringent roots
- amaranth — an imaginary flower that never fades
- amaretti — Italian almond biscuits
- amaretto — an Italian liqueur with a flavour of almonds
- amateurs — Plural form of amateur.
- amberite — a powder made of guncotton, barium nitrate, and paraffin, which does not produce any smoke when ignited
- ambivert — a person who is intermediate between an extrovert and an introvert
- ambrette — abelmosk.
- ameerate — a country ruled by an ameer; an emirate
- amfortas — (in medieval legend) the leader of the knights of the Holy Grail
- amirates — Plural form of amirate.
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
- ammeters — Plural form of ammeter.
- amoretti — a little cupid.
- amoretto — (esp in painting) a small chubby naked boy representing a cupid
- amorists — Plural form of amorist.
- amortise — amortize
- amortize — In finance, if you amortize a debt, you pay it back in regular payments.
- amourist — Alternative form of amorist.
- amratian — of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about 3800 b.c., characterized by the working of raw gold, the use of copper, and the burial of the dead in shallow graves.
- amravati — a town in central India, in NE Maharashtra: cotton centre. Pop: 549 370 (2001)