6-letter words containing t, a
- lunate — Also, lunated. being in the shape of a crescent; crescent-shaped.
- lurcat — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- lustra — Also, luster; especially British, lustre. a period of five years.
- luteal — of, relating to, or involving the corpus luteum.
- luxate — to put out of joint; dislocate: The accident luxated the left shoulder.
- lyrate — Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- lysate — the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- m star — a relatively cool, red star, as Antares or Betelgeuse, having a surface temperature of less than 3600 K and an absorption spectrum dominated by molecular bands, especially titanium oxide.
- maatje — A fermented herring.
- mactcp — (networking) Part of earlier versions of MacOS that provided access to TCP/IP services. Apple removed MacTCP from MacOS in revision 7.5.3 in favor of the new OpenTransport (OT) TCP/IP stack. However, MacTCP lives on as a community development effort. See also MacPPP.
- madtom — any of several tadpolelike, freshwater catfishes of the genus Noturus, of the central and eastern U.S., having a poisonous pectoral spine: some are threatened or endangered.
- mafted — suffering under oppressive heat
- maftir — the concluding section of the portion of the Torah chanted or read in a Jewish service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- maggot — a soft-bodied, legless larva of certain flies.
- magnet — a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- magret — A fillet of meat cut from a breast of duck.
- magtig — (South Africa) my God! An expression of surprise.
- mahant — A chief priest of a temple or the head of a monastery.
- mahout — the keeper or driver of an elephant, especially in India and the East Indies.
- makati — a city in Luzon, in the Philippines, east of Manila.
- makest — Archaic second-person singular form of make.
- maketh — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make.
- makuta — plural of likuta.
- makutu — witchcraft or magic
- malate — a salt or ester of malic acid.
- malest — a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
- mallet — a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
- maloti — plural of loti.
- malted — germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- malter — (dated) A person who makes malt; a maltster.
- maltha — a liquid bitumen used in ancient times as a mortar or waterproofing agent.
- maltol — a crystalline compound, C 6 H 6 O 3 , obtained from larch bark, pine needles, chicory, or roasted malt, used for enhancing flavors and aromas, as in foods, wines, and perfumes.
- mammet — maumet.
- manati — a city in N Puerto Rico.
- manats — Plural form of manat.
- manatu — a large flowering deciduous New Zealand tree, Plagianthus regius
- manist — Ancestor-worshipper.
- manita — (rare) The tree Chiranthodendron pentadactyllon, or the red, hand-like flower this tree produces.
- manito — (among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- manitu — (among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
- mantel — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantic — of or relating to divination.
- mantid — mantis.
- mantis — any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantle — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantra — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- mantua — a city in E Lombardy, in N Italy: birthplace of Vergil.
- maoist — the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare.
- maputo — Formerly Portuguese East Africa. a republic in SE Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 297,731 sq. mi. (771,123 sq. km). Capital: Maputo.
- marcot — (botany) A branch formed by marcottage.