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8-letter words containing a, t, r

  • amritsar — a city in India, in NW Punjab: centre of the Sikh religion; site of a massacre in 1919 of unarmed supporters of Indian self-government by British troops; in 1984 the Golden Temple, fortified by Sikhs, was attacked by Indian troops with the loss of many Sikh lives. Pop: 975 695 (2001)
  • anatropy — (of a plant ovule) the condition of being inverted during development by a bending of the stalk causing the nucleus to point toward the base
  • ancaster — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
  • ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
  • anchoret — anchorite.
  • andretti — Mario. born 1940, US racing driver: Formula One world champion (1978)
  • anestrus — in the breeding cycle of many mammals, the period of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
  • angriest — feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about): to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
  • angstrom — a unit of length equal to 10–10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
  • animater — animator
  • animator — An animator is a person who makes films by means of animation.
  • ankerite — a greyish to brown mineral that resembles dolomite and consists of a carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and iron. Formula: (Ca,Mg,Fe)CO3
  • anointer — One who anoints.
  • ansermet — Ernest (ɛrnɛst). 1883–1969, Swiss orchestral conductor; principal conductor of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
  • ant bear — a large, ant-eating, edentate mammal (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) of Central America and tropical South America, with a long, shaggy tail; giant anteater
  • ant bird — any of numerous passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, of the New World tropics, many species of which follow army ant swarms to feed on insects disturbed by the ants.
  • antbears — Plural form of antbear.
  • antbirds — Plural form of antbird.
  • anteater — An anteater is an animal with a long nose that eats termites or ants. Anteaters live in warm countries.
  • anterior — Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part.
  • anteroom — An anteroom is a small room leading into a larger room.
  • antevert — to displace (an organ or part) by tilting it forward
  • anthrop. — anthropological
  • antiarin — a poison derived from antiar
  • antiarmy — Opposing an army or armies.
  • antidrug — (of a person, group or initiative) discouraging illegal drug use
  • antigram — One of a pair of anagrams with opposite meanings.
  • antigrav — (science fiction) antigravity, or a device that counters gravity.
  • antihero — An antihero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
  • antimere — a part or organ of a bilaterally or radially symmetrical organism that corresponds to a similar structure on the other side of the axis, such as the right or left limb of a four-legged animal
  • antiporn — opposed to pornography
  • antiquer — a person who alters the appearance of objects to give an antique quality
  • antirape — opposed to or acting against rape
  • antirent — noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
  • antiriot — (of police officers, equipment, measures, etc) designed for or engaged in the control of crowds
  • antirock — opposed to rock music
  • antiroll — designed to prevent a vehicle from tilting
  • antirust — (of a product or procedure) effective against rust
  • antisera — a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
  • antiwear — preventing deterioration as a result of use
  • antlered — having antlers
  • antrorse — directed or pointing upwards or forwards
  • anuretic — relating to an inability to urinate
  • aoristic — Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
  • aortitis — inflammation of the aorta
  • apastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
  • aperient — laxative
  • aperitif — An aperitif is an alcoholic drink that you have before a meal.
  • apertion — (archaic) The act of opening.
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