8-letter words containing t, a
- adequate — If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
- adespota — anonymous works of poetry
- adfected — (algebra, archaic, of an equation) Having different powers of the unknown quantity in its various terms.
- adherent — An adherent is someone who holds a particular belief or supports a particular person or group.
- adiantum — The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum).
- adjacent — If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other.
- adjoints — Plural form of adjoint.
- adjugate — adjoint (def 1).
- adjuncts — Plural form of adjunct.
- adjusted — psychologically well or badly equipped to cope with reality and ordinary life and relationships
- adjuster — An adjuster is a device which allows you to alter a piece of equipment's position or setting.
- adjustor — a person or thing that adjusts.
- adjutage — a nozzle or tube attached to a vessel to allow the discharge of liquid
- adjutant — An adjutant is an officer in the army who deals with administrative work.
- adjuvant — aiding or assisting
- admitted — to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to: to admit a student to college.
- admittee — a person who has been (or will be) admitted
- admitter — a person who admits or something which admits
- adnation — the adhesion or cohesion of different plants
- adoptees — Plural form of adoptee.
- adopters — Plural form of adopter.
- adopting — Present participle of adopt.
- adoption — the act of adopting: the adoption of a new amendment.
- adoptive — Someone's adoptive family is the family that adopted them.
- adrastea — a small satellite of Jupiter, discovered in 1979
- adrastos — a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes.
- adrastus — a king of Argos and leader of the Seven against Thebes, of whom he was the sole survivor
- adriatic — of or relating to the Adriatic Sea, or to the inhabitants of its coast or islands
- adroitly — expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- adscript — a serf bound to the land which they work or occupy, and who can be bought or sold along with it
- adulated — Simple past tense and past participle of adulate.
- adulator — to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- adultery — If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone that they are not married to.
- adultism — A predisposition towards adults (or a bias against children).
- aduncate — curved or hooked, as a parrot's beak
- aduncity — the quality of being hooked or curved inward
- advected — Simple past tense and past participle of advect.
- adverted — to remark or comment; refer (usually followed by to): He adverted briefly to the news of the day.
- advocaat — a liqueur having a raw egg base
- advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- advoutry — adultery
- adynaton — (rhetoric) A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility.
- aegirite — a mineral of the pyroxene group, NaFeSi2O6, commonly found in alkaline igneous rocks
- aegrotat — (in British and certain other universities, and, sometimes, schools) a certificate allowing a candidate to pass an examination although he has missed all or part of it through illness
- aegyptus — a king of Egypt and twin brother of Danaüs
- aerating — Present participle of aerate.
- aeration — Aeration is the application of upward-flowing air to a layer of particles.
- aerators — Plural form of aerator.
- aerodart — a steel arrow dropped from an aircraft as a weapon
- aeroduct — an air duct