8-letter words containing t
- 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.
- agnition — (obsolete) acknowledgement.
- agnostic — An agnostic believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not. Compare atheist.
- agonists — Plural form of agonist.
- agostini — Giacomo (ˈdʒaːkomo). born 1942, Italian racing motorcyclist: world champion (500 cc. class) 1966–72, 1975; (350 cc. class) 1968–74
- agrement — diplomatic approval of a country
- agrestal — (of uncultivated plants such as weeds) growing on cultivated land
- agrestic — rural; rustic
- aguacate — an avocado
- ahuzzath — a friend of Abimelech with whom he journeyed from Gerar to make a covenant with Isaac in Beersheba. Gen. 26:26–31.
- aigrette — a long plume worn on hats or as a headdress, esp one of long egret feathers
- ailments — Plural form of ailment.
- air date — the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- air duct — a pipe or channel permitting air to travel through a system, building, or other structure, such as a mine
- air plot — Aeronautics. the calculation of the ground position of an aircraft by first determining its air position from its speed in the air and heading information, and then correcting for wind effects.
- air shot — a shot that misses the ball completely but counts as a stroke
- air taxi — a small or medium-sized commercial airplane that carries passengers, and often mail, to places not regularly served by scheduled airlines
- air time — The airtime that something gets is the amount of time taken up with broadcasts about it.
- air vent — a small opening through which air can escape from an enclosed space
- air-trap — a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- airboats — Plural form of airboat.
- airburst — the explosion of a bomb, shell, etc, in the air
- aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which can fly, for example an aeroplane or a helicopter.
- airdates — Plural form of airdate.
- airlifts — Plural form of airlift.
- airlight — light scattered or diffused in the air by dust, haze, etc., especially as it limits the visibility of distant, dark objects by causing them to blend with the background sky.
- airports — Plural form of airport.