8-letter words containing i, t, o
- anticlot — Countering clotting of the blood.
- anticold — preventing or treating the common cold
- anticous — (in plants) facing the axis of the flower
- antidote — An antidote is a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison.
- antifood — Opposing food.
- antifoul — (rare) Antifouling.
- antigone — daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who was condemned to death for cremating the body of her brother Polynices in defiance of an edict of her uncle, King Creon of Thebes
- antihero — An antihero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
- antilock — designed to prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antilogy — a contradiction in terms
- antimony — a toxic metallic element that exists in two allotropic forms and occurs principally in stibnite. The stable form is a brittle silvery-white crystalline metal that is added to alloys to increase their strength and hardness and is used in semiconductors. Symbol: Sb; atomic no: 51; atomic wt: 121.757; valency: 0, –3, +3, or +5; relative density: 6.691; melting pt: 630.76°C; boiling pt: 1587°C
- antimuon — the antiparticle of a muon
- antinode — a point at which the amplitude of one of the two kinds of displacement in a standing wave has maximum value. Generally the other kind of displacement has its minimum value at this point
- antinome — a thing that contradicts or is contrary to another, an opposite
- antinomy — opposition of one law, principle, or rule to another; contradiction within a law
- antinous — the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.
- antiphon — a short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service
- antipode — the exact or direct opposite
- antipole — the opposite pole
- antipope — a rival pope elected in opposition to one who has been canonically chosen
- antiporn — opposed to pornography
- antiriot — (of police officers, equipment, measures, etc) designed for or engaged in the control of crowds
- antirock — opposed to rock music
- antiroll — designed to prevent a vehicle from tilting
- antismog — acting to reduce smog, aimed at preventing smog
- antisnob — a person opposed to snobbery
- antonius — Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs)
- aoristic — Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- aortitis — inflammation of the aorta
- apertion — (archaic) The act of opening.
- aphorist — a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- apositia — a lack of appetite
- apositic — causing apositia
- apostilb — a unit of luminance equal to one ten thousandth of a lambert.
- appoints — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appoint.
- apposite — Something that is apposite is suitable for or appropriate to what is happening or being discussed.
- apricots — Plural form of apricot.
- arborist — a specialist in the cultivation of trees
- arborite — a brand of laminated plastic sheets containing melamine, used esp for heat-resistant surfaces that can be easily cleaned
- armorist — a heraldry expert
- arointed — Simple past tense and past participle of aroint.
- aromatic — An aromatic plant or food has a strong, pleasant smell of herbs or spices.
- arsonist — An arsonist is a person who deliberately sets fire to a building or vehicle.
- arterio- — artery or arteries
- assiento — a slave trade treaty between other countries and Spain which allowed other countries to supply slaves to Spanish dependencies or colonies
- assistor — to give support or aid to; help: Please assist him in moving the furniture.
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asteroid — An asteroid is one of the very small planets that move around the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
- astonied — stunned; dazed