8-letter words containing c, t
- actuated — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- actuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actuate.
- actuator — An actuator is a machine or part of a machine which moves or controls another part in response to an input.
- acuities — sharpness; acuteness; keenness: acuity of vision; acuity of mind.
- aculeate — cutting; pointed
- acupoint — any of the specific points on the body where a needle is inserted in acupuncture or pressure is applied in acupressure
- acutance — a physical rather than subjective measure of the sharpness of a photographic image
- acylated — to introduce the acyl group into (a compound).
- addicted — Someone who is addicted to a harmful drug cannot stop taking it.
- adducent — that adducts
- adducted — Physiology. to move or draw toward the axis of the body or one of its parts (opposed to abduct).
- adductor — a muscle that adducts
- adfected — (algebra, archaic, of an equation) Having different powers of the unknown quantity in its various terms.
- adjacent — If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other.
- adjuncts — Plural form of adjunct.
- adriatic — of or relating to the Adriatic Sea, or to the inhabitants of its coast or islands
- adscript — a serf bound to the land which they work or occupy, and who can be bought or sold along with it
- aduncate — curved or hooked, as a parrot's beak
- aduncity — the quality of being hooked or curved inward
- advected — Simple past tense and past participle of advect.
- advocaat — a liqueur having a raw egg base
- advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- aeroduct — an air duct
- aetheric — ether (defs 3–5).
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- affecter — a person who makes a real or pretence show of liking, being, or knowing something
- afflicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict.
- agaçante — irritating
- agenetic — absence of or failed development of a body part.
- agnostic — An agnostic believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not. Compare atheist.
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- aguacate — an avocado
- air duct — a pipe or channel permitting air to travel through a system, building, or other structure, such as a mine
- aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which can fly, for example an aeroplane or a helicopter.
- akinetic — without motion, unmoving
- alacrity — If you do something with alacrity, you do it quickly and eagerly.
- albacete — a city in SE Spain: metal goods manufacturing. Pop: 155 142 (2003 est)
- albicant — (rare) Growing or becoming white.
- alcahest — the universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
- alcatraz — an island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: a federal prison until 1963
- alcestis — the wife of king Admetus of Thessaly. To save his life, she died in his place, but was rescued from Hades by Hercules
- alcithoe — a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus.
- alicante — a port in SE Spain: commercial centre. Pop: 305 911 (2003 est)
- allecret — a half suit of light plate armor.
- alleycat — a homeless cat that roams in back streets
- allocate — If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- allocute — (chiefly, US, legal) To make an allocution.
- alt-rock — a genre of rock music regarded by its practitioners and fans as being outside the mainstream
- altrices — altricial birds
- amchitka — an island off the coast of SW Alaska, in the W part of the Aleutian Islands: site of U.S. air base during World War II. 40 miles (64 km) long.