4-letter words containing t, a
- ptah — an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- ptca — percutaneous translumenal coronary angioplasty, a technique for inserting a catheter into an artery to prevent congestive heart disease
- pyat — the magpie
- qats — an evergreen shrub, Catha edulis, of Arabia and Africa, the leaves of which are used as a narcotic when chewed or made into a beverage.
- quat — (obsolete) A pustule.
- raft — a great quantity; a lot: a raft of trouble.
- rant — to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
- rapt — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- rata — either of two New Zealand myrtaceous forest trees, Metrosideros robusta or M. lucida, having crimson flowers and hard wood
- ratc — Rationalized C
- rate — the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
- rath — Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- rato — rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rats — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- ratu — a Fijian chief or noble
- rita — a female given name, form of Margarita.
- rota — Nino [nee-naw] /ˈni nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–1979, Italian composer.
- rtsa — real-time structured analysis
- sadt — Structured Analysis and Design Technique
- salt — See under Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
- sant — a devout person in India
- sata — Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
- satb — soprano, alto, tenor, bass: a combination of voices in choral music
- sate — to cause to sit; seat (often followed by down): Sit yourself down. He sat me near him.
- sati — the wife of Rudra, who immolated herself following a quarrel between her father and her husband.
- sato — Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sats — (in Vedic mythology) the realm of existence, populated by people and gods. Compare Asat.
- scat — to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing.
- seat — something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- seta — a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- shat — excrement; feces.
- sita — (in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- skat — a card game for three players, using a pack of 32 playing cards, sevens through aces, the object being to fulfill any of various contracts, with scoring computed on strategy and on tricks won.
- slat — a slap; a sharp blow.
- spat — a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire.
- srta — Señorita
- ssta — Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
- stab — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
- stac — 1. (language) Storage Allocation and Coding Program. 2. (company) The company responsible for Stacker and stac compression.
- stag — an adult male deer.
- stan — a male given name, form of Stanley.
- star — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stat — statistic.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- stoa — Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- swat — to hit; slap; smack.
- taal — an active volcano in the Philippines, on SW Luzon, on an island in Taal Lake: eruptions 1749, 1873, 1911. 1050 feet (320 meters).
- tabi — a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tabs — tabloid (def 1).
- tabu — to put under a taboo; prohibit or forbid. Synonyms: prohibit, ban, forbid, proscribe. Antonyms: allow, permit, sanction.