7-letter words containing a, t
- austral — of or coming from the south
- austria — a republic in central Europe: ruled by the Hapsburgs from 1282 to 1918; formed a dual monarchy with Hungary in 1867 and became a republic in 1919; a member of the European Union; contains part of the Alps, the Danube basin in the east, and extensive forests. Official language: German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Vienna. Pop: 8 221 646 (2013 est). Area: 83 849 sq km (32 374 sq miles)
- austro- — Austro- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with Austria and another country.
- autarch — an absolute ruler
- autarky — (esp of a political unit) a system or policy of economic self-sufficiency aimed at removing the need for imports
- auteuil — a former town, now part of Paris, France: noted for residences of Boileau, Talleyrand, Molière, La Fontaine, and other eminent people.
- auteurs — Plural form of auteur.
- authors — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- authour — Obsolete spelling of author.
- autobio — autobiography.
- autobus — a motor vehicle which can carry a large group of passengers
- autocad — (product, tool) A CAD software package for mechanical engineering, marketed by Autodesk, Inc.
- autocar — any kind of motor car
- autocue — An Autocue is a device used by people speaking on television or at a public event, which displays words for them to read.
- autogrp — AUTOmated GRouPing system
- autoist — motorist.
- automan — someone who manufactures motor cars
- automat — a machine that automatically dispenses goods, such as cigarettes, when money is inserted
- autonym — a piece of literature published under the real name of an author
- autopen — a mechanical device used to produce imitation signatures
- autopod — Autopodium.
- autopsy — An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death.
- autoput — a motorway in the former Yugoslavia
- autorun — (computing) Any feature that runs a program, etc. automatically.
- autovac — a vacuum pump found in the petrol tank of a car
- autumns — Plural form of autumn.
- autumny — characteristic of autumn
- auxetic — something that promotes auxesis
- avatars — Plural form of avatar.
- averted — to turn away or aside: to avert one's eyes.
- averter — a person who averts or turns aside
- avestan — the oldest recorded language of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family; the language of the Avesta
- aviated — Simple past tense and past participle of aviate.
- aviatic — of or relating to aviation
- aviator — An aviator is a pilot of a plane, especially in the early days of flying.
- avidity — the quality or state of being avid
- aviette — an aeroplane driven solely by the strength of the aviator
- avocate — (obsolete) To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.
- avocets — Plural form of avocet.
- avolate — (obsolete) To fly away; to escape.
- awaited — to wait for; expect; look for: He is still awaiting an answer.
- awaiter — a person who awaits something or someone
- awlwort — a small stemless aquatic plant, Subularia aquatica, of the N hemisphere, having slender sharp-pointed leaves and minute, often submerged, white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- awright — (slang, informal) Okay; indication of approval. Variant colloquial form of \"all right\". Sometimes \"awight\" or \"ah'ight\".
- axinite — a precious mineral, found in a range of colours, which forms glassy crystals
- axolotl — any of several aquatic salamanders of the North American genus Ambystoma, esp A. mexicanum (Mexican axolotl), in which the larval form (including external gills) is retained throughout life under natural conditions (see neoteny): family Ambystomidae
- ayuthea — a city in central Thailand, on the Chao Phraya: former national capital.
- azimuth — the angular distance usually measured clockwise from the north point of the horizon to the intersection with the horizon of the vertical circle passing through a celestial body
- azotise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of azotize.
- azotize — to nitrogenize