6-letter words containing t, a
- absent — If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
- aburst — in a bursting state
- abvolt — the cgs unit of potential difference in the electromagnetic system; the potential difference between two points when work of 1 erg must be done to transfer 1 abcoulomb of charge from one point to the other: equivalent to 10–8 volt
- abwatt — the cgs unit of power in the electromagnetic system, equal to the power dissipated when a current of 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt: equivalent to 10–7 watt
- acater — a buyer of and supplier of provisions; caterer
- acates — provisions, esp food
- accent — Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
- accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
- accite — to call or send for officially or by authority
- accost — If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
- ace it — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- acetal — 1,1-diethoxyethane; a colourless volatile liquid used as a solvent and in perfumes. Formula: CH3CH(OC2H5)2
- acetic — of, containing, producing, or derived from acetic acid or vinegar
- acetin — any of three types of liquid acetate, formed from glycerol and acetic acid, chiefly used in explosives and solvents
- aceto- — containing an acetyl group or derived from acetic acid
- acetum — a solution that has dilute acetic acid as solvent
- acetyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- achest — Archaic second-person singular form of ache.
- ackton — a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- acmite — a silicate mineral with chemical formula NaFeSi2O6, consisting of pyramid-shaped crystals; aegirite
- acount — Misspelling of account.
- acquit — If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
- acrost — Eye dialect of across.
- act on — to regulate one's behaviour in accordance with (advice, information, etc)
- act up — If something is acting up, it is not working properly.
- actalk — (language) A Smalltalk-based actor language developed by J-P Briot in 1989.
- actant — (in valency grammar) a noun phrase functioning as the agent of the main verb of a sentence
- actin- — actino-
- acting — Acting is the activity or profession of performing in plays or films.
- action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- actium — a town of ancient Greece that overlooked the naval battle in 31 bc at which Octavian's fleet under Agrippa defeated that of Mark Antony and Cleopatra
- active — Someone who is active moves around a lot or does a lot of things.
- actons — Plural form of acton.
- actors — Plural form of actor.
- actual — You use actual to emphasize that you are referring to something real or genuine.
- acture — action
- acuate — to sharpen
- acuity — Acuity is sharpness of vision or hearing, or quickness of thought.
- acuter — Comparative form of acute.
- acutes — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- ad out — receiver's advantage
- adapts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adapt.
- addeth — Archaic third-person singular form of add.
- addict — An addict is someone who takes harmful drugs and cannot stop taking them.
- adduct — (of a muscle) to draw or pull (a leg, arm, etc) towards the median axis of the body
- adepts — Plural form of adept.
- adient — tending to move toward a stimulus.
- aditus — The entrance to a cavity or channel.
- aditya — one of the Vedic gods, the sons of Aditi.
- adject — (obsolete) To annex.