6-letter words containing t, a
- attlee — Clement Richard, 1st Earl Attlee. 1883–1967, British statesman; prime minister (1945–51); leader of the Labour party (1935–55). His government instituted the welfare state, with extensive nationalization
- attone — to appease or pacify
- attorn — to acknowledge a new owner of land as one's landlord
- attrap — to catch or ensnare
- attrib — Abbreviation of attribution.
- attrit — to wear down or dispose of gradually
- attune — to adjust or accustom (a person or thing); acclimatize
- atwain — into two parts
- atweel — surely.
- atween — (archaic) between.
- atwixt — (obsolete) betwixt.
- atwood — Margaret (Eleanor) born 1939, Canadian poet and novelist. Her novels include Lady Oracle (1976), The Handmaid's Tale (1986), Alias Grace (1996), the Booker Prize-winning The Blind Assassin (2000), and Oryx and Crake (2003)
- atypia — (symptom) abnormality in a cell.
- atypic — nonconforming or not typical
- atyrau — a port city in W Kazakhstan, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea.
- audits — Plural form of audit.
- aughts — Archaic. ownership; possession. property; a possession.
- augite — a black or greenish-black mineral of the pyroxene group, found in igneous rocks. Composition: calcium magnesium iron aluminium silicate. General formula: (Ca,Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)2O6. Crystal structure: monoclinic
- august — August is the eighth month of the year in the Western calendar.
- auklet — any of various small auks of the genera Aethia and Ptychoramphus
- auntie — Someone's auntie is their aunt.
- auntly — of or like an aunt
- aurate — any salt of auric acid
- aurist — a former name for audiologist
- aussat — the Australian-owned communications satellite launched in 1985
- austen — Jane. 1775–1817, English novelist, noted particularly for the insight and delicate irony of her portrayal of middle-class families. Her completed novels are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818)
- auster — the south wind
- austin — a city in central Texas, on the Colorado River: state capital since 1845. Pop: 672 011 (2003 est)
- auteur — You can refer to a film director as an auteur when they have a very strong artistic influence on the films they make.
- author — The author of a piece of writing is the person who wrote it.
- autism — Autism is a developmental disorder that can cause someone to have difficulty in communicating with and responding to other people.
- autist — an autistic person
- autumn — Autumn is the season between summer and winter when the weather becomes cooler and the leaves fall off the trees.
- avant- — of or belonging to the avant-garde of a specified field
- avanti — forward! let's go!
- avatar — An avatar is an image that represents you on the screen in an online game or chatroom
- avaunt — go away! depart!
- averts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avert.
- avesta — a collection of sacred writings of Zoroastrianism, including the Songs of Zoroaster
- aviate — to pilot or fly in an aircraft
- avital — relating to a grandfather or ancestor
- avocat — An advocate, a lawyer.
- avocet — any of several long-legged shore birds of the genus Recurvirostra, such as the European R. avosetta, having black-and-white plumage and a long upward-curving bill: family Recurvirostridae, order Charadriiformes
- awaits — Plural form of await.
- awatch — watching or looking out for
- awhato — the mummified body of a caterpillar killed by the fungus Cordyceps robertsii, sometimes used as a dye
- azerty — QWERTY
- azotic — of, containing, or concerned with nitrogen
- azotos — Greek name of Ashdod.
- aztecs — a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.