6-letter words containing t, a
- amrita — the ambrosia of the gods that bestows immortality
- amtman — a magistrate or bailiff in parts of Europe
- amtrac — an amphibious tracked vehicle used primarily by the military for shore landings
- amtrak — a government-owned organization providing intercity passenger railroad services in the US
- amtran — Automatic Mathematical TRANslation
- amulet — An amulet is a small object that you wear or carry because you think it will bring you good luck and protect you from evil or injury.
- amvets — American Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam
- amytal — a barbiturate, a brand of amobarbital, used as a sedative and hypnotic
- anatol — a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- anatta — annatto
- anatto — annatto
- anenst — anent (def 2).
- anetic — soothing
- angsty — displaying or feeling angst, esp in a self-conscious manner
- angust — (obsolete) Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious.
- anhalt — a former duchy and state of central E Germany, now part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt: part of East Germany until 1990
- anicut — a dam, found in streams in India, which serves to control the flow of an irrigation system
- anight — at or by night
- anklet — an ornamental chain worn around the ankle
- anlaut — initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- annate — The first year's profits of a Catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the Pope.
- anoint — To anoint someone means to put oil or water on a part of their body, usually for religious reasons.
- anotia — A rare congenital deformity where the pinna or auricle, the outer projected portion of the ear, is completely absent.
- ansate — having a handle or handle-like part
- ansatz — Lb mathematics A mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon, posited in order to help provisionally solve an equation or other problem. (from 20th c.).
- antara — a type of panpipes native to the Andes, made of clay and tuned in the pentatonic scale
- antarc — Antarctica
- anteed — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antero — Mount, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Mountains. 14,269 feet (4349 meters).
- anthea — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “flowery.”.
- anthem — An anthem is a song which is used to represent a particular nation, society, or group and which is sung on special occasions.
- anther — the terminal part of a stamen consisting usually of two lobes each containing two sacs in which the pollen matures
- antho- — denoting a flower
- anthro — (informal) anthropology.
- antiar — the upas tree of Java
- antica — pronaos.
- antick — antic
- antics — Antics are funny, silly, or unusual ways of behaving.
- anting — the placing or rubbing of ants by birds on their feathers. The body fluids of the ants are thought to repel parasites
- antler — A male deer's antlers are the branched horns on its head.
- antlia — a proboscis designed for sucking
- antony — Mark. Latin name Marcus Antonius. ?83–30 bc, Roman general who served under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars and became a member of the second triumvirate (43). He defeated Brutus and Cassius at Philippi (42) but having repudiated his wife for Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, he was defeated by his brother-in-law Octavian (Augustus) at Actium (31)
- antral — a cavity in a body organ, especially a bone.
- antres — a cavern; cave.
- antrim — a historical county of NE Northern Ireland, famous for the Giant's Causeway on the N coast: in 1973 it was replaced for administrative purposes by the districts of Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Carrickfergus, Larne, Moyle, Newtownabbey, and parts of Belfast and Lisburn. Area: 3100 sq km (1200 sq miles)
- antron — a strong, shiny, silklike nylon fiber made into clothing, carpet, upholstery fabric, etc.
- antrum — a natural cavity, hollow, or sinus, esp in a bone
- antung — Dandong
- aorist — a tense of the verb in classical Greek and in certain other inflected languages, indicating past action without reference to whether the action involved was momentary or continuous
- aortal — the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.