7-letter words containing ta
- ataturk — Kemal (kɛˈmɑːl), real name Mustafa Kemal. 1881– 1938, Turkish general and statesman; founder of the Turkish republic and president of Turkey (1923–38), who westernized and secularized the country
- atavism — the recurrence in a plant or animal of certain primitive characteristics that were present in an ancestor but have not occurred in intermediate generations
- atavist — Biology. the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations. an individual embodying such a reversion.
- atlanta — a city in N Georgia: the state capital. Pop: 423 019 (2003 est)
- attaboy — an expression of approval or exhortation
- attacca — begin immediately (directing a performer to go without pause to the next section).
- attache — An attaché is a member of staff in an embassy, usually with a special responsibility for something.
- attacks — Plural form of attack.
- attains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attain.
- attaint — to pass judgment of death or outlawry upon (a person); condemn by bill of attainder
- attalid — any of a line of kings, usually named Attalus orEumenes, that ruled Pergamum, in Asia Minor, 282–133 b.c.
- augusta — a city in the US, in Georgia. Pop: 193 316 (2003 est) (including Richmond)
- autarch — an absolute ruler
- autarky — (esp of a political unit) a system or policy of economic self-sufficiency aimed at removing the need for imports
- avatars — Plural form of avatar.
- avestan — the oldest recorded language of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European family; the language of the Avesta
- bachata — a type of dance music originating in the Dominican Republic
- balitac — Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- ballata — a 14th-century Italian verse form composed of stanzas beginning and ending with a refrain, often set to music and accompanied by dancing.
- bantams — Plural form of bantam.
- barista — a person who makes and serves coffee in a coffee bar
- bashtag — (on the Twitter website) a hashtag that is used for critical and abusive comments
- bastard — Bastard is an insulting word which some people use about a person, especially a man, who has behaved very badly.
- batable — debatable; disputable
- bataisk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, S of Rostov, on the Don River.
- batavia — an ancient district of the Netherlands, on an island at the mouth of the Rhine
- batista — Fulgencio (fulˈxenθjo), full name Batista y Zaldívar. 1901–73, Cuban military leader and dictator: president of Cuba (1940–44, 1952–59); overthrown by Fidel Castro
- battani — Al- [al] /æl/ (Show IPA), c850–929, Arab astronomer.
- battuta — a beat used to measure time
- beltane — an ancient Celtic festival with a sacrificial bonfire on May Day. It is also celebrated by modern pagans
- berchta — Perchta.
- beretta — biretta
- bestain — to stain
- betacam — a high-quality professional video system
- betaine — a sweet-tasting alkaloid that occurs in the sugar beet and other plants and in animals. Formula: C5H11NO2
- betaxed — burdened with taxes
- bimetal — an object or material made from sheets of two types of metal
- biodata — information regarding an individual's education and work history, esp in the context of a selection process
- biretta — a stiff clerical cap having either three or four upright pieces projecting outwards from the centre to the edge: coloured black for priests, purple for bishops, red for cardinals, and white for certain members of religious orders
- bistate — involving two states
- bitable — which can be bitten
- blatant — You use blatant to describe something bad that is done in an open or very obvious way.
- boatage — the act of hauling by boat.
- bobstay — a strong stay between a bowsprit and the stem of a vessel for holding down the bowsprit
- bobtail — a docked or diminutive tail
- borstal — In Britain in the past, a borstal was a kind of prison for young criminals, who were not old enough to be sent to ordinary prisons.
- botanic — Botanic means the same as botanical.
- botargo — a relish consisting of the roe of mullet or tunny, salted and pressed into rolls
- boutade — an outburst; sally
- britain — Great Britain.