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8-letter words containing i, a

  • aconitum — any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
  • acosmism — a belief that no world distinct from God exists
  • acosmist — someone who believes that no world distinct from God exists
  • acoustic — An acoustic guitar or other instrument is one whose sound is produced without any electrical equipment.
  • acquaint — If you acquaint someone with something, you tell them about it so that they know it. If you acquaint yourself with something, you learn about it.
  • acquight — to acquit
  • acquired — obtained, through buying or being given
  • acquiree — a firm that is acquired
  • acquirer — In business, an acquirer is a company or person who buys another company.
  • acquires — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
  • acquited — Simple past tense and past participle of acquit.
  • acridine — a colourless crystalline solid used in the manufacture of dyes. Formula: C13H9N
  • acridity — sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.: acrid smoke from burning rubber.
  • acrimony — Acrimony is bitter and angry words or quarrels.
  • acrolein — a colourless or yellowish flammable poisonous pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins and pharmaceuticals. Formula: CH2:CHCHO
  • acrolith — (esp in ancient Greek sculpture) a wooden, often draped figure with only the head, hands, and feet in stone
  • acromial — relating to the acromion
  • acromion — the outermost edge of the spine of the shoulder blade
  • acrostic — a number of lines of writing, such as a poem, certain letters of which form a word, proverb, etc. A single acrostic is formed by the initial letters of the lines, a double acrostic by the initial and final letters, and a triple acrostic by the initial, middle, and final letters
  • acrotism — an absence of pulse
  • acrylics — Plural form of acrylic.
  • actinian — belonging or pertaining to the order or suborder Actiniaria, comprising the sea anemones.
  • actinide — a member of the actinide series
  • actinism — that property of ultraviolet light, X-rays, or other radiations, by which chemical changes are produced
  • actinium — a radioactive element of the actinide series, occurring as a decay product of uranium. It is used as an alpha-particle source and in neutron production. Symbol: Ac; atomic no: 89; half-life of most stable isotope,227Ac: 21.6 years; relative density: 10.07; melting pt: 1051°C; boiling pt: 3200 ± 300°C
  • actinoid — having a radiate form, as a sea anemone or starfish
  • actional — Of, pertaining to, or depicting action, especially physical action.
  • actioned — Simple past tense and past participle of action.
  • actioner — a film with a fast-moving plot, usually containing scenes of violence
  • activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
  • actively — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
  • actives' — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
  • activise — to make active; activate.
  • activism — Activism is the process of campaigning in public or working for an organization in order to bring about political or social change.
  • activist — An activist is a person who works to bring about political or social changes by campaigning in public or working for an organization.
  • activity — Activity is a situation in which a lot of things are happening or being done.
  • activize — to make active
  • actorish — of, relating to, or characteristic of an actor
  • acuities — sharpness; acuteness; keenness: acuity of vision; acuity of mind.
  • acupoint — any of the specific points on the body where a needle is inserted in acupuncture or pressure is applied in acupressure
  • ad litem — (formerly, esp of a guardian) appointed for a lawsuit
  • ad vitam — for life.
  • ad vivum — to that which is alive.
  • adamsite — a yellow poisonous crystalline solid that readily sublimes; diphenylaminechlorarsine. It is used in chemical warfare as a vomiting agent. Formula: C6H4AsClNHC6H4; relative density: 1.65; melting pt: 195°C; boiling pt: 410°C
  • adapting — to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly: They adapted themselves to the change quickly. He adapted the novel for movies.
  • adaption — Adaption means the same as adaptation.
  • adaptive — Adaptive means having the ability or tendency to adapt to different situations.
  • addicted — Someone who is addicted to a harmful drug cannot stop taking it.
  • addiment — (immunology,archaic) synonym of complement.
  • addition — An addition to something is a thing which is added to it.
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