8-letter words containing t, a, l
- athermal — (physics) Describing any process that does not involve either heat or a change in temperature.
- athletes — Plural form of athlete.
- athletic — Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics.
- atlantal — of or relating to the atlas.
- atlantes — supporting columns for an entablature, carved in the form of standing or kneeling figures of men
- atlantic — of or relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean
- atlantis — (in ancient legend) a continent said to have sunk beneath the Atlantic Ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar
- atmology — the study of or the scientific discipline of aqueous vapour
- atmolyse — to separate gases, which have differing degrees of diffusibility, by filtering
- atomical — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- atonable — Capable of being atoned for.
- atonally — In an atonal manner; without tone.
- atremble — in a shaking or trembling state
- attagirl — an expression of approval
- attently — attentive; intent.
- atypical — Someone or something that is atypical is not typical of its kind.
- augustly — inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
- auntlike — similar to or like an aunt
- aurality — the quality, condition, or degree of being aural
- aurulent — Gold in color.
- autodial — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- autofill — (computing) Any software feature that fills in (fields of a form, cells of a spreadsheet, etc.) automatically.
- autoflow — (transitive, computing) To flow (text) automatically.
- autolisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp used by the Autocad CAD package from Autodesk.
- autoload — to load automatically
- autology — the study of oneself
- autoloom — (India) A type of power loom.
- autolyse — to undergo or cause to undergo autolysis
- autolyze — to affect with or undergo autolysis
- autumnal — Autumnal means having features that are characteristic of autumn.
- availeth — Archaic third-person singular form of avail.
- aventail — the movable front flap on a helmet
- awfulest — Superlative form of awful.
- axiality — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or forming an axis: an axial relationship.
- axletree — a bar fixed across the underpart of a wagon or carriage that has rounded ends on which the wheels revolve
- axolotls — Plural form of axolotl.
- back lot — an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes.
- backlift — the backward movement of a cricket bat in preparation for a swing
- backlist — a publisher's previously published books that are still available
- backlite — (in automotive styling) the rear window of a vehicle.
- backtalk — an impudent response; impudence.
- baculite — an extinct species of mollusc from the Late Cretaceous period, fossils of which have been found ranging from 7cm to 2m in length
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- bailment — a contractual delivery of goods in trust to a person for a specific purpose
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- bakelite — Bakelite is a type of hard plastic that was used in the past for making things such as telephones and radios.
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- baldpate — a person with a bald head
- balestra — a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- ballarat — a town in SE Australia, in S central Victoria: originally the centre of a gold-mining region. Pop: 72 999 (2001)