8-letter words containing o, a, t
- agitator — If you describe someone involved in politics as an agitator, you disapprove of them because of the trouble they cause in organizing campaigns and protests.
- agitprop — Agitprop is the use of artistic forms such as drama or posters to further political aims.
- agnation — Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation.
- agnition — (obsolete) acknowledgement.
- agnostic — An agnostic believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not. Compare atheist.
- agonists — Plural form of agonist.
- agostini — Giacomo (ˈdʒaːkomo). born 1942, Italian racing motorcyclist: world champion (500 cc. class) 1966–72, 1975; (350 cc. class) 1968–74
- air plot — Aeronautics. the calculation of the ground position of an aircraft by first determining its air position from its speed in the air and heading information, and then correcting for wind effects.
- air shot — a shot that misses the ball completely but counts as a stroke
- airboats — Plural form of airboat.
- airports — Plural form of airport.
- akaryote — a cell without a nucleus
- akhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- akrotiri — the remains of an ancient Minoan city on the island of Thera in the Aegean Sea, where abundant pottery and frescoes of the second millennium b.c. have been excavated.
- alaouite — a member of a Shiite sect of Syrian Muslims
- alcithoe — a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus.
- aleatory — dependent on chance
- alinotum — the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- aliquote — Misspelling of aliquot.
- aliquots — Plural form of aliquot.
- alive to — fully aware of; perceiving
- alkapton — homogentisic acid.
- all told — You can use all told to introduce or follow a summary, general statement, or total.
- allmouth — angler (def 3).
- allocate — If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- allocute — (chiefly, US, legal) To make an allocution.
- allopath — a person who practises or is skilled in allopathy
- allotted — to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
- allottee — a person to whom something is allotted
- allotter — a person who allots
- allotype — an additional type specimen selected because of differences from the original type specimen, such as opposite sex or morphological details
- allotypy — the condition of being an allotype
- allsorts — assorted small candies, usually flavored with licorice
- alouette — French. a lark.
- alt-rock — a genre of rock music regarded by its practitioners and fans as being outside the mainstream
- althorns — Plural form of althorn.
- although — You use although to introduce a subordinate clause which contains a statement which contrasts with the statement in the main clause.
- altoists — Plural form of altoist.
- alumroot — any of several North American plants of the saxifragaceous genus Heuchera, having small white, reddish, or green bell-shaped flowers and astringent roots
- amaretto — an Italian liqueur with a flavour of almonds
- amatoxin — Any of a class of toxic peptides produced by several mushrooms of the genus Amanita and others.
- ambition — If you have an ambition to do or achieve something, you want very much to do it or achieve it.
- amfortas — (in medieval legend) the leader of the knights of the Holy Grail
- amidmost — in the middle or centre
- amitosis — an unusual form of cell division in which the nucleus and cytoplasm divide by constriction without the formation of chromosomes; direct cell division
- amitotic — the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
- ammocete — ammocoete
- ammonate — ammoniate (def 2).
- ammonite — any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, which were common in Mesozoic times and generally had a coiled partitioned shell. Their closest modern relative is the pearly nautilus