6-letter words containing t, a
- adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- admete — a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- admits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admit.
- admixt — Simple past tense and past participle of admix; alternative spelling of admixed.
- adnate — growing closely attached to an adjacent part or organ
- adopts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adopt.
- adrate — the price or tariff that businesses pay to advertise
- adrift — If a boat is adrift, it is floating on the water and is not tied to anything or controlled by anyone.
- adroit — Someone who is adroit is quick and skilful in their thoughts, behaviour, or actions.
- adults — Plural form of adult.
- advect — (of air, water) to move horizontally
- advent — In the Christian church, Advent is the period between Advent Sunday, the Sunday closest to the 30th of November, and Christmas Day.
- advert — An advert is an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about something such as a product, event, or job.
- adytum — the most sacred place of worship in an ancient temple from which the laity was prohibited
- aeetes — a king of Colchis, father of Medea and keeper of the Golden Fleece
- aerate — To aerate a substance means to cause air or gas to pass through it.
- aether — ether
- aethon — triethyl orthoformate.
- affect — If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
- affret — a fierce and raging attack
- afloat — If someone or something is afloat, they remain partly above the surface of water and do not sink.
- afreet — a powerful evil demon or giant monster
- afront — in front of
- after- — After- is added to nouns to form adjectives which indicate that something takes place or exists after an event or process.
- afters — dessert; sweet
- afther — Eye dialect of after.
- aftosa — foot-and-mouth disease.
- agates — Plural form of agate.
- agatha — a feminine name
- agatho — Saint, died a.d. 681, Sicilian ecclesiastic: pope 678–681.
- ageist — Ageist behaviour is unacceptable behaviour based on the belief that older people are of less value than younger people.
- agenst — Obsolete form of against.
- agents — Plural form of agent.
- aghast — If you are aghast, you are filled with horror and surprise.
- aginst — Archaic spelling of against.
- agitas — heartburn; indigestion.
- aglets — Plural form of aglet.
- aglint — displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering: a diamond tiara aglint under the ballroom lights.
- agnate — related by descent from a common male ancestor
- agouta — a Haitian rodent, Solenodon paradoxus
- agouti — any hystricomorph rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, of Central and South America and the Caribbean: family Dasyproctidae. Agoutis are agile and long-legged, with hooflike claws, and are valued for their meat
- agouty — agouti.
- aidant — helpful
- aiglet — a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- aim to — to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path.
- aimnet — (networking, company) An Internet access provider for individuals and corporations. They provide dial-up, SLIP, PPP and shell accounts as well as ISDN. Address: Cupertino, CA 95014, USA. Telephone: +1 (408) 253 0900
- aintab — Gaziantep
- airpot — A container for storing and dispensing coffee or other beverages that maintains a constant temperature by use of glass insulation.
- airted — a direction.
- airtel — A form of communication formerly used within the FBI.