8-letter words containing a, t, s
- insurant — a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- intarsia — an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- intelsat — a global communications satellite network under international control.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- intrans. — intransitive
- intrants — Plural form of intrant.
- iotacism — the conversion of other vowel sounds, especially in Modern Greek, into (ē), the sound of iota.
- ipsative — (psychology) denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
- isarithm — isopleth.
- iscariot — the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- islamist — Muslim traditionalist
- islamite — a Muslim.
- isobaths — Plural form of isobath.
- isograft — syngraft.
- isolated — compact
- isolates — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- isolator — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- isoquant — (economics) A line of equal or constant economic production on a graph, chart or map.
- isostacy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- isostasy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- istanbul — a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
- isthmian — of or relating to an isthmus.
- iterates — Plural form of iterate.
- izvestia — (formerly) the official newspaper of the Soviet government.
- jackpots — Plural form of jackpot.
- jackshit — Alternative spelling of jack shit.
- jackstay — a rod or batten, following a yard, gaff, or boom, to which one edge of a sail is bent.
- janitors — Plural form of janitor.
- jarosite — a yellowish or brownish mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and iron, KFe 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , occurring in small crystals or large masses.
- jaunters — Plural form of jaunter.
- jaxartes — a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan, through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to the Aral Sea. 1300 miles (2100 km) long.
- jazzfest — A festival of jazz music.
- jazziest — Superlative form of jazzy.
- jet wash — Aeronautics. the backwash caused by a jet engine.
- jetpacks — Plural form of jetpack.
- jihadist — a jihadi.
- jogpants — a pair of trousers worn for jogging
- jurymast — a temporary mast assembled to replace a broken one
- justicia — any of numerous plants and shrubs of the genus Justicia, which includes the shrimp plant and water willow.
- justitia — the ancient Roman personification of justice.
- kaapstad — Afrikaans name of Cape Town.
- kalathos — a fruit basket having a conventionalized shape of a lily, often used in ancient art as a symbol of fertility.
- kallisto — Callisto (def 1).
- karlstad — a city in S Sweden.
- karstify — to become or cause to become karstic
- kashruth — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- katalase — catalase.
- katalyst — catalyst.
- kathisma — one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.