8-letter words containing t, a
- alcithoe — a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus.
- aleatory — dependent on chance
- alegrete — a city in SW Brazil.
- alembert — Jean Le Rond [zhahn luh rawn] /ʒɑ̃ lə ˈrɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1717?–83, French mathematician, philosopher, and writer: associate of Diderot.
- alerting — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- aleutian — of, denoting, or relating to the Aleutian Islands, the Aleuts, or their language
- aleviate — Misspelling of alleviate.
- algerita — agarita.
- algidity — (medicine) The state of being algid.
- alginate — a salt or ester of alginic acid
- alicante — a port in SE Spain: commercial centre. Pop: 305 911 (2003 est)
- alienate — If you alienate someone, you make them become unfriendly or unsympathetic towards you.
- alienist — a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness
- alighted — Simple past tense and past participle of alight.
- aliments — that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alinotum — the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- aliquant — of, signifying, or relating to a quantity or number that is not an exact divisor of a given quantity or number
- aliquote — Misspelling of aliquot.
- aliquots — Plural form of aliquot.
- alistair — a masculine name
- alitrunk — (zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
- alive to — fully aware of; perceiving
- alkahest — the hypothetical universal solvent sought by alchemists
- alkanets — Plural form of alkanet.
- alkapton — homogentisic acid.
- alkestis — Alcestis (def 1).
- alkylate — to bring (an alkyl group) into a compound
- all that — You use all that in statements with negative meaning when you want to weaken the force of what you are saying.
- all told — You can use all told to introduce or follow a summary, general statement, or total.
- all-star — An all-star cast, performance, or game is one which contains only famous or extremely good performers or players.
- all-time — You use all-time when you are comparing all the things of a particular type that there have ever been. For example, if you say that something is the all-time best, you mean that it is the best thing of its type that there has ever been.
- allanite — a rare black or brown mineral consisting of the hydrated silicate of calcium, aluminium, iron, cerium, lanthanum, and other rare earth minerals. It occurs in granites and other igneous rocks. Formula: (Ca,Ce,La,Y)2(Al,Fe,Be,Mn,Mg)3(SiO4)3(OH)
- allative — the grammatical case, or a word used in the case, that in certain languages denotes movement towards something
- allecret — a half suit of light plate armor.
- allegate — To make an allegation.
- alleycat — a homeless cat that roams in back streets
- alligate — to connect or join (a thing) to something else
- allmouth — angler (def 3).
- allocate — If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- allocute — (chiefly, US, legal) To make an allocution.
- allopath — a person who practises or is skilled in allopathy
- allotted — to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
- allottee — a person to whom something is allotted
- allotter — a person who allots
- allotype — an additional type specimen selected because of differences from the original type specimen, such as opposite sex or morphological details
- allotypy — the condition of being an allotype
- allright — yes; very well; OK: All right, I'll go with you.
- allsorts — assorted small candies, usually flavored with licorice
- alma-ata — Almaty
- almagest — a work on astronomy compiled by Ptolemy in the 2nd century ad containing a description of the geocentric system of the universe and a star catalogue