8-letter words containing i, a, t, r, o
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- epilator — An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.
- ergatoid — a wingless, worker-like ant with sexual capability
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- expiator — One who makes expiation or atonement.
- fairmont — a city in W West Virginia.
- farolito — luminaria.
- favorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- filatory — a machine for spinning thread
- fireboat — a powered vessel equipped to fight fires on boats, docks, shores, etc.
- fixators — Plural form of fixator.
- flatiron — a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- forktail — Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
- fostoria — a city in N Ohio.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- garoting — to execute by the garrote.
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- graffito — Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- grattoir — a flaked stone implement, usually Upper Paleolithic, retouched at the end and used probably for working wood or cleaning hides; scraper.
- graviton — the theoretical quantum of gravitation, usually assumed to be an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle and that has zero rest mass and charge and a spin of two.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- hathoric — of or relating to Hathor.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- horatian — of or relating to Horace.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- idolator — Alternative spelling of idolater.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- imitator — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- immortal — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- impactor — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- inornate — Not ornate.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- ion trap — any device used to prevent ions in an electron beam from striking other apparatus, especially in mass spectrometry.
- irapuato — a city in Guanajuato, in central Mexico.
- irrorate — marked with small spots of color; speckled.
- iscariot — the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- isograft — syngraft.
- isolator — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- iterator — One which iterates.
- janitors — Plural form of janitor.
- jarmoite — a member of the prehistoric people of northeastern Iraq in and around the settlement at Jarmo.
- jarosite — a yellowish or brownish mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and iron, KFe 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , occurring in small crystals or large masses.
- juration — an act of taking or administering an oath.