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8-letter words containing i, r, t, a

  • thracian — of or relating to Thrace or its inhabitants.
  • thrawing — British Dialect. to throw.
  • thridace — a sedative made from lettuce juice
  • thyatira — ancient name of Akhisar.
  • tiberian — of or relating to the emperor Tiberius.
  • tiberias — Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
  • tidemark — the point that something or someone has reached, receded below, or risen above: He has reached the tidemark of his prosperity.
  • tigridia — any plant of the bulbous genus Tigridia, native to subtropical and tropical America, esp T. pavonia, the tiger flower or peacock tiger flower, grown for its large strikingly marked red, white, or yellow concave flowers: family Iridaceae
  • tigrinya — a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
  • tiltyard — a courtyard or other area for tilting.
  • timariot — one holding a fief or piece of land in feudal Turkey from the 14th to the 17th centuries
  • timecard — a card for recording the time at which an employee arrives at and departs from a job.
  • tip-cart — a cart with a body that can be tilted to empty it of its contents
  • tiramisu — an Italian dessert with coffee and liquor-soaked layers of sponge cake alternating with mascarpone cheese and chocolate.
  • tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
  • tiresias — a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
  • tirolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
  • titograd — former name (1945–92) of Podgorica.
  • titrator — a device used to perform titration
  • tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
  • torminal — of or relating to tormina
  • tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
  • tornaria — the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
  • toroidal — of or relating to a toroid.
  • tortilla — a thin, round, unleavened bread prepared from cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, or the like.
  • touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
  • tourista — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Latin America.
  • tovarich — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
  • tracheid — an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support. Compare vessel (def 5).
  • trackies — loose-fitting trousers with elasticated cuffs, designed to be worn as part of a tracksuit
  • tracking — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • tractile — capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
  • traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
  • tractive — having or exerting traction; drawing.
  • tractrix — a curve whose tangents are all of equal length; the involute of a catenary.
  • trade in — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
  • trade-in — goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase: We used our old car as a trade-in for the new one.
  • traditor — an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
  • tragical — characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
  • traiking — to become ill or lose one's good health.
  • trailing — to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
  • trailman — trailsman.
  • train up — If someone trains you up, they teach you new skills or give you the necessary preparation so that you will reach the standard required for a particular job or activity.
  • trainers — shoes that people wear, especially for running and other sports
  • training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
  • trainman — a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
  • trainway — a railway track; the channel in a built-up area through which a train passes
  • tramline — a streetcar system.
  • tramming — trammel (def 3).
  • tramping — the act of tramping.
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