7-letter words containing a, t
- diktats — Plural form of diktat.
- dilated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilate.
- dilater — One who, or that which, dilates, expands, or enlarges.
- dilates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dilate.
- dilator — Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
- dingbat — Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
- dioptra — Alternative form of diopter.
- diptera — the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- dirtbag — Slang. a filthy or contemptible person.
- discant — Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- dismast — to deprive (a ship) of masts; break off the masts of.
- dispart — (now rare) To part, separate.
- disrate — to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- disseat — to unseat.
- distaff — a staff with a cleft end for holding wool, flax, etc., from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
- distain — to discolor; stain; sully.
- distant — far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
- ditmars — Raymond Lee, 1876–1942, U.S. zoologist and author.
- dittany — a Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal qualities.
- doating — dote.
- dog tag — a small disk or strip attached to a dog's harness or collar stating owner, home, etc.
- dogcart — a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle for ordinary driving, with two transverse seats back to back, and originally having a box under the rear seat for carrying a dog.
- dogeate — office of doge
- dogmata — an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church. Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.
- dogstar — Alternative form of Dog Star.
- donated — Simple past tense and past participle of donate.
- donates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of donate.
- donator — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- donatus — early-4th-century bishop of Casae Nigrae in northern Africa: leader of a heretical Christian group. Compare Donatist.
- dontcha — Eye dialect of don't you.
- doormat — a mat, usually placed before a door or other entrance, for people arriving to wipe their shoes on before entering.
- dopants — Plural form of dopant.
- dopatta — a silk or muslin shawl, often interwoven with gold or silver threads, worn by men and women in India.
- dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- dot day — Benjamin Henry, 1810–89, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- dotards — Plural form of dotard.
- drabbet — a yellowish-brown fabric of coarse linen
- drafted — Simple past tense and past participle of draft.
- draftee — a person who is drafted into military service. Compare enlistee (def 1).
- drafter — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dragnet — a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- drastic — acting with force or violence; violent.
- dratted — damned; confounded (used as a mild oath): This dratted car won't start.
- draught — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dravite — a brown variety of magnesium tourmaline.
- drayton — Michael, 1563–1631, English poet.
- drybeat — to beat (someone) severely
- dtalgol — Decision Table ALGOL. An ALGOL superset from Victoria University, Wellington that added decision tables and runs on Burroughs Large System.
- dualist — Of or supporting dualism.
- duality — a dual state or quality.