5-letter words containing t
- astms — Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs
- aston — Francis William. 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist, who developed the first mass spectrograph, using it to investigate the isotopic structures of elements: Nobel prize for chemistry 1922
- astor — John Jacob, 1st Baron Astor of Hever. 1886–1971, British proprietor of The Times (1922–66)
- astr. — astronomical
- astun — to amaze, bewilder or stupefy
- asyut — an ancient city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 417 000 (2005 est)
- at it — having sex
- at wt — atomic weight
- ata-2 — Advanced Technology Attachment Interface with Extensions
- ata-4 — (storage) (Or "Ultra DMA", "UDMA", "Ultra-ATA", "Ultra-DMA/33") A development of the Advanced Technology Attachment specifications which gives nearly twice the maximum transfer rate of the ATA-3 standard (PIO Mode 4). ATA-4 Extensions Ultra DMA/33 Synchronous DMA Mode maximum burst transfer rates: Developed by Quantum Corporation, ATA-4 has been freely licensed to manufacturers and is supported by Intel Corporation.
- atapi — AT Attachment Packet Interface
- atari — (game of go) A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones.
- ataxy — loss of coordination of the muscles, especially of the extremities.
- atcha — Eye dialect of at you.
- atget — (Jean) Eugène Auguste. 1856–1927, French photographer, noted for his pictures of Parisian life
- athan — Alternative spelling of azan.
- athar — attar (def 1).
- athel — a male given name.
- athol — a city in central Massachusetts.
- athos — Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- atigi — a type of parka worn by the Inuit in Canada
- atilt — in a tilted or inclined position
- atimy — a public loss of honour or withdrawal of civil liberties
- atlas — An atlas is a book of maps.
- atman — the personal soul or self; the thinking principle as manifested in consciousness
- atmen — the principle of life.
- atmo- — air or vapour
- atmos — Plural form of atmo.
- atnas — Ahtna.
- atoke — a part of a worm, of the class Polychaeta, which has no sexual characteristics or is incapable of sexual procreation
- atole — A thick drink or thin gruel made from cornmeal.
- atoll — An atoll is a ring of coral rock, or a group of coral islands surrounding a lagoon.
- atoms — The basic unit of a chemical element.
- atomy — an atom or minute particle
- atone — If you atone for something that you have done, you do something to show that you are sorry you did it.
- atony — lack of normal tone or tension, as in muscles; abnormal relaxation of a muscle
- atopy — a hereditary tendency to be hypersensitive to certain allergens
- atrac — Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding
- atray — (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To vex; trouble; frighten; torment; harass.
- atrek — a river arising in NE Iran, flowing W, then along the Iran-Turkmenistan border, and through Turkmenistan into the Caspian Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- atria — Architecture. Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water. a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church. a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- atrip — (of an anchor) no longer caught on the bottom; tripped; aweigh
- attal — Alternative form of ettle.
- attap — a flowering palm tree of South Asia found in saline coastal habitats
- attar — an essential oil from flowers, esp the damask rose, used pure or as a base for perfume
- atter — (archaic, or, UK dialectal) Poison, venom, especially of a venomous animal.
- attic — An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
- attid — (zoology) Any member of the Attidae.
- attis — a youth of Phrygia, loved by the goddess Cybele. In a jealous passion she caused him to go mad, whereupon he castrated himself and died
- atto- — denoting 10–18