8-letter words containing o, r, t
- aerolite — a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
- aerolith — a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- aeronaut — a person who flies in a lighter-than-air craft, esp the pilot or navigator
- aerostat — a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon
- aerotone — a bath which incorporates massaging air jets
- afforest — to plant trees on; convert into forested land
- affronté — facing
- affronts — Plural form of affront.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- aleatory — dependent on chance
- allotter — a person who allots
- allsorts — assorted small candies, usually flavored with licorice
- alt-rock — a genre of rock music regarded by its practitioners and fans as being outside the mainstream
- althorns — Plural form of althorn.
- 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
- amfortas — (in medieval legend) the leader of the knights of the Holy Grail
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
- amoretti — a little cupid.
- amoretto — (esp in painting) a small chubby naked boy representing a cupid
- amorists — Plural form of amorist.
- amortise — amortize
- amortize — In finance, if you amortize a debt, you pay it back in regular payments.
- amourist — Alternative form of amorist.
- anatropy — (of a plant ovule) the condition of being inverted during development by a bending of the stalk causing the nucleus to point toward the base
- ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- anchoret — anchorite.
- angstrom — a unit of length equal to 10–10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- animator — An animator is a person who makes films by means of animation.
- anointer — One who anoints.
- anterior — Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part.
- anteroom — An anteroom is a small room leading into a larger room.
- anthrop. — anthropological
- 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.
- 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
- antrorse — directed or pointing upwards or forwards
- aoristic — Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- aortitis — inflammation of the aorta
- apastron — the point at which the stars of a binary system are farthest apart (opposed to periastron).
- apertion — (archaic) The act of opening.