6-letter words containing t, a
- aortas — Plural form of aorta.
- aortic — the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- aouita — Saïd (saɪˈiːd). born 1959, Moroccan middle-distance runner: set new world records for the 1500 metres (1987–93), 2000 metres (1987–95), and 5000 metres (1987–94)
- apathy — You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
- apheta — (astrology) The planet that has the most influence on a person's life.
- aphtha — a small ulceration on a mucous membrane, as in thrush, caused by a fungal infection
- aplite — a light-coloured fine-grained acid igneous rock with a sugary texture, consisting of quartz and feldspars
- appkit — (tool) A set of objects used by the application builder for the NEXTSTEP environment.
- applet — An applet is a computer program which is contained within a page on the World Wide Web, and which transfers itself to your computer and runs automatically while you are looking at that Web page.
- apport — the production of objects by apparently supernatural means at a spiritualists' seance
- aptest — inclined; disposed; given; prone: too apt to slander others.
- aptote — an indeclinable noun
- aqtobe — a city in NW Kazakhstan, on the Ilek River.
- aquent — Lb soil science A kind of wet soil formed on river banks, tidal mudflats etc.
- arafat — a hill in W Saudi Arabia, near Mecca: a sacred site of Islam, visited by pilgrims performing the hajj
- ararat — an extinct volcanic mountain massif in E Turkey: two main peaks; Great Ararat 5155 m (16 916 ft), said to be the resting place of Noah's Ark after the Flood (Genesis 8:4), and Little Ararat 3914 m (12 843 ft)
- arbute — (archaic) The wood of the strawberry tree.
- arcata — a town in NW California.
- archet — Lb musical instruments violin box.
- arcnet — (networking) A network developed by DataPoint. ARCnet was proprietary until the late 1980s and had about as large a marketshare as Ethernet among small businesses. It was almost as fast and was considerably cheaper at the time.
- arctan — arctangent: the function the value of which for a given argument is the angle in radians (between –π/2 and π/2) the tangent of which is that argument: the inverse of the tangent function
- arctic — The Arctic is the area of the world around the North Pole. It is extremely cold and there is very little light in winter and very little darkness in summer.
- ardent — Ardent is used to describe someone who has extremely strong feelings about something or someone.
- aren't — Aren't is the usual spoken form of 'are not'.
- arendt — Hannah. 1906–75, US political philosopher, born in Germany. Her publications include The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) and Eichmann in Jerusalem (1961)
- aretes — Plural form of arete.
- argent — (as adjective; often postpositive, esp in heraldry)
- argots — Plural form of argot.
- arguta — the green, smooth-skinned, edible fruit of an Asian vine, Actinidia arguta.
- argute — (of sounds) shrill
- arhant — a Buddhist who has attained Nirvana through rigorous discipline and ascetic practices. Compare Bodhisattva.
- arhats — Plural form of arhat.
- aright — correctly; rightly; properly
- arista — a stiff bristle such as the awn of some grasses and cereals
- aristo — an aristocrat
- arkite — a passenger in Noah's ark
- armlet — a small arm, as of a lake, the sea, etc
- armpit — Your armpits are the areas of your body under your arms where your arms join your shoulders.
- aroint — to drive away
- arpent — a former French unit of length equal to 190 feet (approximately 58 metres)
- arrant — Arrant is used to emphasize that something or someone is very bad in some way.
- arrect — (of animals' ears) pricked up
- arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
- artaud — Antonin (ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃). 1896–1948, French stage director and dramatist, whose concept of the theatre of cruelty is expounded in Manifeste du théâtre de la cruauté (1932) and Le Théâtre et son double (1938)
- artels — Plural form of artel.
- artery — Arteries are the tubes in your body that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body. Compare vein.
- artful — If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people.
- arthur — a legendary king of the Britons in the sixth century ad, who led Celtic resistance against the Saxons: possibly based on a historical figure; represented as leader of the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot
- artier — characterized by a showy, pretentious, and often spurious display of artistic interest, manner, or mannerism.
- artily — in an affectedly creative or aesthetic manner