8-letter words containing n, a, o, t
- 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.
- torrance — a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- totaling — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- toucanet — any of several small South and Central American toucans, especially of the genus Aulacorhynchus.
- touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- towerman — Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains.
- town car — an automobile having an enclosed rear seat separated by a glass partition from the open driver's seat.
- town gas — coal gas manufactured for domestic and industrial use
- townhall — a hall or building belonging to a town, used for the transaction of the town's business and often also as a place of public assembly.
- townland — a division of land of various sizes
- townsman — a native or inhabitant of a town.
- townwear — tailored, usually conservative clothing appropriate for business or other activities in a town or city.
- towplane — an aeroplane that tows gliders
- toxicant — poisonous; toxic.
- toyonaka — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, N of Osaka.
- toywoman — a woman who sells toys
- traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- trade on — 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.
- tragopan — any of several Asian pheasants of the genus Tragopan, having two fleshy, erectile horns on the head and wattles on the throat.
- trapunto — quilting having an embossed design produced by outlining the pattern with single stitches and then padding it with yarn or cotton.
- trigonal — of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
- trinodal — having three nodes or joints.
- tritonia — any plant of the perennial cormous S African genus Tritonia, with typically scarlet or orange flowers: family Iridaceae
- trizonal — formed or arranged in three layers or zones
- tropaion — a tropaeum, especially in Greece.
- tsingtao — Older Spelling. a seaport in E Shandong province, in E China.
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
- turcoman — Turkoman.
- turkoman — a member of a Turkish people consisting of a group of tribes that inhabit the region near the Aral Sea and parts of Iran and Afghanistan.
- turncoat — a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- two-name — (of commercial paper) having more than one obligor, usually a maker and endorser, both of whom are fully liable.
- tyrolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- umbonate — having an umbo or projecting boss.
- unatoned — to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or a crime, or for an offender (usually followed by for): to atone for one's sins.
- uncoated — not covered with a coating
- unornate — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- unwanton — done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- urinator — someone who urinates
- vacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- van vogt — A(lfred) E(lton) 1912–2000, U.S. science-fiction writer, born in Canada.
- vanitory — a combined dressing table and lavatory basin.
- velation — pronunciation with velar articulation.
- venation — the arrangement of veins, as in a leaf or in the wing of an insect.
- vexation — the act of vexing.
- vocation — a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
- volitant — engaged in or having the power of flight.