8-letter words containing i, r, t, a
- vestiary — of or relating to garments or vestments.
- viameter — an early form of odometer designed to measure the distance travelled by a carriage
- viatores — a wayfarer; traveler.
- vibrator — a person or thing that vibrates.
- vicarate — vicariate.
- victoria — a province in W Canada on the Pacific coast. 366,255 sq. mi. (948,600 sq. km). Capital: Victoria.
- victrola — a gramophone
- vintager — a person who helps in the harvest of grapes for winemaking.
- violator — to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- virality — the condition or fact of being rapidly spread or popularized by means of people communicating with each other, especially through the Internet: We’re looking for ways to increase the virality of our web content.
- virtanen — Artturi Ilmari [ahrt-too-ri il-mah-ri] /ˈɑrt tʊ rɪ ˈɪl mɑ rɪ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1973, Finnish biochemist: Nobel prize 1945.
- virtuosa — a female virtuoso; a woman with exceptional talent or skill, especially in music.
- vittoria — a female given name, Italian form of Victoria.
- voltaire — (François Marie Arouet) 1694–1778, French philosopher, historian, satirist, dramatist, and essayist.
- voracity — the condition or quality of being voracious.
- vortical — of or relating to a vortex.
- votaries — a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- votarist — a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun.
- waitered — a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waitress — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- waitrons — Plural form of waitron.
- wariment — caution
- warpaint — A pigment or paint traditionally used in some societies, especially those of North American Indians, to decorate the face and body before battle.
- wastrife — wastefulness
- waterily — In a watery manner.
- watering — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- waterish — somewhat, or tending to be, watery.
- waterski — Each of a pair of skis enabling the wearer to skim the surface of the water when towed by a motorboat.
- weariest — Superlative form of weary.
- whirlbat — a weapon used in medieval times
- whitaker — a male given name.
- whitrack — a weasel; ermine or stoat.
- willaert — Adrian [ey-dree-uh n,, ah-dree-ahn] /ˈeɪ dri ən,, ˈɑ driˌɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–1562, Flemish composer.
- wiretaps — Plural form of wiretap.
- wistaria — Alternative spelling of wisteria.
- wisteria — any climbing shrub belonging to the genus Wisteria, of the legume family, having showy, pendent clusters of blue-violet, white, purple, or rose flowers.
- withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- wrathily — in a wrathful or angry manner
- writable — capable of being written or set down in writing.
- xerantic — pertaining to xeransis
- yahrzeit — the anniversary of the death of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse, observed by lighting a memorial lamp or candle the night before and reciting the Kaddish at the evening service of the day before and at the morning and afternoon services of the day itself.
- yakitori — a dish of small pieces of boneless chicken, usually marinated, skewered, and grilled.
- yeartide — A specific time of year; season.
- ytterbia — a colorless compound, Yb 2 O 3 , used in certain alloys and ceramics.
- zaratite — a mineral, hydrated basic nickel carbonate, occurring in the form of emerald-green incrustations on chromite and magnetite.
- zastrugi — sastruga.
- zelatrix — a nun who monitors the behaviour of younger nuns
- ziggurat — (among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower, consisting of a number of stories and having about the outside a broad ascent winding round the structure, presenting the appearance of a series of terraces.
- zikkurat — Alternative spelling of ziggurat.
- zoiatria — veterinary surgery