8-letter words containing a, u, t
- autosome — any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome
- autostat — (language) A language for statistical programming.
- autostop — Hitchhiking.
- autotest — a motor race in which standard cars are driven around a racing circuit
- autotomy — the casting off by an animal of a part of its body, to facilitate escape when attacked
- autotune — a software package that automatically manipulates a recording of a vocal track until it is in tune regardless of whether or not the original performance was in tune
- autotype — a photographic process for producing prints in black and white, using a carbon pigment
- autotypy — (dated, photography) An early photographic process that produced autotypes using a carbon pigment.
- autozero — Autozeroing.
- autumnal — Autumnal means having features that are characteristic of autumn.
- autunite — a yellowish fluorescent radioactive mineral consisting of a hydrated calcium uranium phosphate in tetragonal crystalline form. It is found in uranium ores. Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2.10–12H2O
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- aventure — (obsolete) Accident; chance; adventure.
- awfulest — Superlative form of awful.
- azimuths — Plural form of azimuth.
- azoturia — the condition of having excess nitrogen in the urine
- back out — If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
- baculite — an extinct species of mollusc from the Late Cretaceous period, fossils of which have been found ranging from 7cm to 2m in length
- badmouth — (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- baguette — A baguette is a type of long, thin, white bread which is traditionally made in France.
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- baluster — any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping
- bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- banquets — Plural form of banquet.
- barrault — Jean-Louis (ʒɑ̃lwi). 1910–94, French actor and director, noted particularly as a mime
- barrulet — a narrow band across a heraldic shield, taking up one twentieth of the shield's height
- bash out — If you say that someone bashes something out, you mean that they produce it quickly or in large quantities, but without much care or thought.
- bat turn — a sharp and sudden change in an aircraft's heading.
- bateleur — a common African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, having a very short tail.
- bath bun — a sweet bun containing spices and dried fruit
- bathcube — a cube of soluble scented material for use in a bath
- bathtubs — Plural form of bathtub.
- bathurst — a town in SE Australia, in E New South Wales: scene of a gold rush in 1851. Pop: 27 036 (2001)
- batucada — A style of repetitive, fast-paced percussive samba.
- bauxitic — consisting of, containing or resembling bauxite
- bawl out — If someone bawls you out, they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong.
- bayreuth — a city in E Germany, in NE Bavaria: home and burial place of Richard Wagner; annual festivals of his music. Pop: 74 818 (2003 est)
- bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
- beat out — If you beat out sounds on a drum or similar instrument, you make the sounds by hitting the instrument.
- beat-out — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- beauties — the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- beautify — If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
- bequeath — If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die.
- bijugate — (of compound leaves) having two pairs of leaflets
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.