8-letter words containing t, a
- aerolite — a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
- aerolith — a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- aeronaut — a person who flies in a lighter-than-air craft, esp the pilot or navigator
- aerostat — a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon
- aerotone — a bath which incorporates massaging air jets
- aesthete — An aesthete is someone who loves and appreciates works of art and beautiful things.
- aestival — of or occurring in summer
- aetheric — ether (defs 3–5).
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- affecter — a person who makes a real or pretence show of liking, being, or knowing something
- afferent — bringing or directing inwards to a part or an organ of the body, esp towards the brain or spinal cord
- affinity — If you have an affinity with someone or something, you feel that you are similar to them or that you know and understand them very well.
- afflated — resulting from influence of someone or something
- afflatus — an impulse of creative power or inspiration, esp in poetry, considered to be of divine origin (esp in the phrase divine afflatus)
- afflicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict.
- affluent — If you are affluent, you have a lot of money.
- affogato — a drink prepared by pouring espresso coffee over a scoop of ice cream
- afforest — to plant trees on; convert into forested land
- affright — to frighten
- affronté — facing
- affronts — Plural form of affront.
- aflutter — in or into a nervous or excited state
- afterall — Misspelling of after all.
- aftereye — to look at or watch someone or something that has passed by
- aftersun — a moisturizing lotion applied to the skin to soothe sunburn and avoid peeling
- aftertax — remaining after applicable taxes have been deducted: a sharp decrease in her aftertax income.
- afterwar — Following a war.
- agaçante — irritating
- agartala — a city in NE India, capital of the state of Tripura. Pop: 189 327 (2001)
- agathism — The doctrine that the ultimate end of all things is good, although the intermediate means may be evil.
- agathist — A person who believes in agathism.
- agatized — to change into or make like agate.
- age-mate — a person or animal of the same age, or nearly the same age, as another
- agemates — Plural form of agemate.
- agenetic — absence of or failed development of a body part.
- agential — pertaining to an agent or agency.
- agentive — (in some inflected languages) denoting a case of nouns, etc, indicating the agent described by the verb
- ageratum — any tropical American plant of the genus Ageratum, such as A. houstonianum and A. conyzoides, which have thick clusters of purplish-blue flowers
- aggerate — (transitive) To heap up.
- agiotage — the business of exchanging currencies
- agitable — easily agitated or moved
- agitated — If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- agitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agitate.
- agitator — If you describe someone involved in politics as an agitator, you disapprove of them because of the trouble they cause in organizing campaigns and protests.
- agitprop — Agitprop is the use of artistic forms such as drama or posters to further political aims.
- aglisten — refulgent; glistening.
- aglitter — sparkling; glittering
- agminate — gathered or clustered together
- agnathan — any jawless eel-like aquatic vertebrate of the superclass Agnatha, which includes the lampreys and hagfishes
- agnation — Consanguinity by a line of males only, as distinguished from cognation.