8-letter words containing t, a, l
- afflicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict.
- affluent — If you are affluent, you have a lot of money.
- aflutter — in or into a nervous or excited state
- afterall — Misspelling of after all.
- agartala — a city in NE India, capital of the state of Tripura. Pop: 189 327 (2001)
- agential — pertaining to an agent or agency.
- agitable — easily agitated or moved
- aglisten — refulgent; glistening.
- aglitter — sparkling; glittering
- agrestal — (of uncultivated plants such as weeds) growing on cultivated land
- ailments — Plural form of ailment.
- 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.
- airlifts — Plural form of airlift.
- airlight — light scattered or diffused in the air by dust, haze, etc., especially as it limits the visibility of distant, dark objects by causing them to blend with the background sky.
- al dente — If you cook pasta or a vegetable until it is al dente, you cook it just long enough so that it is neither hard nor soft but is firm and slightly chewy.
- al fatah — a Palestinian terrorist organization, founded in 1956, with the aim of destroying the state of Israel: it has splintered into rival factions since 1988
- al sirat — the correct path of religion
- alacrity — If you do something with alacrity, you do it quickly and eagerly.
- alaouite — a member of a Shiite sect of Syrian Muslims
- alarmist — Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
- alastair — a male given name.
- alastrim — a form of smallpox caused by the virus Variola minor
- albacete — a city in SE Spain: metal goods manufacturing. Pop: 155 142 (2003 est)
- albert i — c. 1255–1308, king of Germany (1298–1308)
- albertan — of or relating to Alberta or its inhabitants
- albicant — (rare) Growing or becoming white.
- albitize — to turn into albite
- albright — Horace Marden [mahrd-n] /ˈmɑrd n/ (Show IPA), 1890–1987, U.S. conservationist and cofounder of the National Park Service.
- alcahest — the universal solvent sought by the alchemists.
- alcatraz — an island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: a federal prison until 1963
- alcestis — the wife of king Admetus of Thessaly. To save his life, she died in his place, but was rescued from Hades by Hercules
- alcithoe — a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus.
- aleatory — dependent on chance
- alegrete — a city in SW Brazil.
- alembert — Jean Le Rond [zhahn luh rawn] /ʒɑ̃ lə ˈrɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1717?–83, French mathematician, philosopher, and writer: associate of Diderot.
- alerting — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- aleutian — of, denoting, or relating to the Aleutian Islands, the Aleuts, or their language
- aleviate — Misspelling of alleviate.
- algerita — agarita.
- algidity — (medicine) The state of being algid.
- alginate — a salt or ester of alginic acid
- alicante — a port in SE Spain: commercial centre. Pop: 305 911 (2003 est)
- alienate — If you alienate someone, you make them become unfriendly or unsympathetic towards you.
- alienist — a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness
- alighted — Simple past tense and past participle of alight.
- aliments — that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alinotum — the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- aliquant — of, signifying, or relating to a quantity or number that is not an exact divisor of a given quantity or number
- aliquote — Misspelling of aliquot.
- aliquots — Plural form of aliquot.