8-letter words containing i, a, t, r
- air-trap — a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- airboats — Plural form of airboat.
- airburst — the explosion of a bomb, shell, etc, in the air
- aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which can fly, for example an aeroplane or a helicopter.
- airdates — Plural form of airdate.
- airlifts — Plural form of airlift.
- airlight — light scattered or diffused in the air by dust, haze, etc., especially as it limits the visibility of distant, dark objects by causing them to blend with the background sky.
- airports — Plural form of airport.
- airshaft — (architecture) A vertical opening running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices.
- airstrip — An airstrip is a stretch of land which has been cleared so that aircraft can take off and land.
- airtight — If a container is airtight, its lid fits so tightly that no air can get in or out.
- akrotiri — the remains of an ancient Minoan city on the island of Thera in the Aegean Sea, where abundant pottery and frescoes of the second millennium b.c. have been excavated.
- al sirat — the correct path of religion
- alacrity — If you do something with alacrity, you do it quickly and eagerly.
- alarmist — Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
- alastair — a male given name.
- alastrim — a form of smallpox caused by the virus Variola minor
- albert i — c. 1255–1308, king of Germany (1298–1308)
- albright — Horace Marden [mahrd-n] /ˈmɑrd n/ (Show IPA), 1890–1987, U.S. conservationist and cofounder of the National Park Service.
- alerting — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- algerita — agarita.
- alistair — a masculine name
- alitrunk — (zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
- allright — yes; very well; OK: All right, I'll go with you.
- alrighty — Lb informal Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- altamira — a cave in N Spain, SW of Santander, noted for Old Stone Age wall drawings
- altering — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- alterity — the quality of being different
- altrices — altricial birds
- altruism — Altruism is unselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare.
- altruist — a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
- amaretti — Italian almond biscuits
- amberite — a powder made of guncotton, barium nitrate, and paraffin, which does not produce any smoke when ignited
- ambivert — a person who is intermediate between an extrovert and an introvert
- amirates — Plural form of amirate.
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
- amoretti — a little cupid.
- amorists — Plural form of amorist.
- amortise — amortize
- amortize — In finance, if you amortize a debt, you pay it back in regular payments.
- amourist — Alternative form of amorist.
- amratian — of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about 3800 b.c., characterized by the working of raw gold, the use of copper, and the burial of the dead in shallow graves.
- amravati — a town in central India, in NE Maharashtra: cotton centre. Pop: 549 370 (2001)
- amritsar — a city in India, in NW Punjab: centre of the Sikh religion; site of a massacre in 1919 of unarmed supporters of Indian self-government by British troops; in 1984 the Golden Temple, fortified by Sikhs, was attacked by Indian troops with the loss of many Sikh lives. Pop: 975 695 (2001)
- andretti — Mario. born 1940, US racing driver: Formula One world champion (1978)
- angriest — feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about): to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
- animater — animator
- animator — An animator is a person who makes films by means of animation.
- ankerite — a greyish to brown mineral that resembles dolomite and consists of a carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and iron. Formula: (Ca,Mg,Fe)CO3
- anointer — One who anoints.