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7-letter words containing a, t

  • asquith — Herbert Henry, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. 1852–1928, British statesman; prime minister (1908–16); leader of the Liberal Party (1908–26)
  • assault — An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
  • assents — Plural form of assent.
  • asserts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assert.
  • assists — Plural form of assist.
  • assorts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assort.
  • assumpt — (obsolete) That which is assumed; an assumption.
  • astable — not stable
  • astaire — Fred, real name Frederick Austerlitz. 1899–1987, US dancer, singer, and actor, whose films include Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and The Band Wagon (1953)
  • astarte — a fertility goddess worshipped by the Phoenicians: identified with Ashtoreth of the Hebrews and Ishtar of the Babylonians and Assyrians
  • astasia — the incapability of being able to stand which is caused by impairment of the coordination of muscles
  • astatic — not static; unstable
  • astatki — the fuel derived from leftover constituents of refined Russian petroleum which is turned into liquid by treating with steam
  • astbury — John. 1688–1743, English potter; earliest of the great Staffordshire potters
  • asteism — use of creative, courteous, and well-mannered sarcasm or ridicule
  • asteria — a gemstone with a bright star-like effect in the middle
  • asterid — a clade or variety of flowering plant
  • asterix — the main character in a series of French comics set in Gaul in 50 BC
  • astheny — Dated form of asthenia.
  • asthore — my treasure: a term of endearment
  • astilbe — any perennial saxifragaceous plant of the genus Astilbe of E Asia and North America: cultivated for their ornamental spikes or panicles of pink or white flowers
  • astolat — a town in Arthurian legend: location unknown
  • astoria — a port in NW Oregon, near the mouth of the Columbia River: founded as a fur-trading post in 1811 by John Jacob Astor. Pop: 9660 (2003 est)
  • astound — If something astounds you, you are very surprised by it.
  • astraea — a goddess of justice, later also of innocence and purity: she is the last deity to leave the earth after the Golden Age
  • astrand — in a stranded manner or from the point of view of being run aground
  • astrict — to bind, confine, or constrict
  • astride — If you sit or stand astride something, you sit or stand with one leg on each side of it.
  • astroid — a hypocycloid having four cusps
  • astrol. — astrological
  • astuter — Comparative form of astute.
  • astylar — without columns or pilasters
  • at best — You use at best to indicate that even if you describe something as favourably as possible or if it performs as well as it possibly can, it is still not very good.
  • at ease — If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease, you make them feel at ease.
  • at hand — If something is at hand, near at hand, or close at hand, it is very near in place or time.
  • at heel — close to someone's heels; just behind
  • at home — If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in.
  • at last — If you say that something has happened at last or at long last you mean it has happened after you have been hoping for it for a long time.
  • at most — at the maximum
  • at odds — If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
  • at once — If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
  • at rest — not moving; still
  • at risk — To be at risk means to be in a situation where something unpleasant might happen.
  • at sign — commercial at
  • at stud — available for breeding
  • at that — You use at that after a statement which modifies or emphasizes what you have just said.
  • at will — If you can do something at will, you can do it when you want and as much as you want.
  • at work — If someone is at work they are doing their job or are busy doing a particular activity.
  • at-desk — carried out at a person's desk at his or her place of work
  • at-home — Also, at home. a reception of visitors at certain hours at one's home.
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