8-letter words containing i, a, t, r, o
- arsonist — An arsonist is a person who deliberately sets fire to a building or vehicle.
- arterio- — artery or arteries
- assistor — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- astroids — Plural form of astroid.
- atomiser — Modern commonwealth spelling of 'atomizer'.
- atomizer — a device for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, such as the nozzle used to feed oil into a furnace or an enclosed bottle with a fine outlet used to spray perfumes or medicines
- atrocity — An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
- atrophia — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- atropine — a poisonous alkaloid obtained from deadly nightshade, having an inhibitory action on the autonomic nervous system. It is used medicinally in pre-anaesthetic medication, to speed a slow heart rate, and as an emergency first-aid counter to exposure to chemical warfare nerve agents. Formula: C17H23NO3
- atropism — a condition caused by using atropine over a period of time
- attritor — A type of grinder in which particles suspended in water are moved by paddles and are ground as they collide with each other.
- auditors — Plural form of auditor.
- auditory — Auditory means related to hearing.
- autofire — (video games) A feature on a joystick that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
- autogiro — a self-propelled aircraft supported in flight mainly by unpowered rotating horizontal blades
- aviators — Plural form of aviator.
- avigator — aerial navigation.
- azoturia — the condition of having excess nitrogen in the urine
- baritone — In music, a baritone is a man with a fairly deep singing voice that is lower than that of a tenor but higher than that of a bass.
- biforate — having two openings, pores, or perforations
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- c ration — a canned ration used in the field in WWII
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cantoris — (in antiphonal music) to be sung by the cantorial side of a choir
- capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
- carotids — Plural form of carotid.
- castiron — Alternative spelling of cast iron.
- ceratoid — having the shape or texture of animal horn
- chariots — Plural form of chariot.
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clitoral — Clitoral means concerned with or relating to the clitoris.
- contrail — a white trail of condensed water vapor that sometimes forms in the wake of an aircraft; vapor trail
- contrair — contrary
- cortical — of a cortex
- courtrai — a town in W Belgium, in West Flanders on the Lys River: the largest producer of linen in W Europe. Pop: 73 984 (2004 est)
- cratonic — Of or pertaining to the craton.
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- croatian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Croatia, its people, or their language
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crowbait — an emaciated, worn-out horse or cow.
- curation — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- deviator — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.
- dilators — Plural form of dilator.