8-letter words containing ta
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- burletta — a type of comic opera
- butanone — a colourless soluble flammable liquid used mainly as a solvent for resins, as a paint remover, and in lacquers, cements, and adhesives. Formula: CH3COC2H5
- cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
- cabretta — a soft leather obtained from the skins of certain South American or African sheep
- cabstand — a taxi rank
- caftaned — wearing a caftan
- calcutta — Kolkata
- cambiata — a melodic ornamental tone following a principal tone by a skip, usually of a third above or below, and progressing by a step.
- canastas — Plural form of canasta.
- cantatas — Plural form of cantata.
- capitals — Plural form of capital.
- capitano — a captain or chief
- capitate — shaped like a head, as certain flowers or inflorescences
- caponata — (in Sicilian cookery) a dish of fried seasoned aubergine and other vegetables, served as an appetizer
- capstans — Plural form of capstan.
- captaine — Obsolete spelling of captain.
- captains — Plural form of captain.
- caretake — to work as a caretaker
- carlotta — a feminine name
- carnitas — A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- castagno — Andrea del [ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
- castalia — a spring on Mount Parnassus: in ancient Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses and believed to be a source of inspiration
- castanet — either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.
- castaway — A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.
- cat-tail — any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
- catacomb — Catacombs are ancient underground passages and rooms, especially under a city, where people used to be buried.
- catagory — Misspelling of category.
- catalase — an enzyme that catalyses the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
- catalogs — Plural form of catalog.
- catalpas — Plural form of catalpa.
- catalufa — any of several bigeyes, as Pristigenys serrula (popeye catalufa) found in the Pacific Ocean.
- catalyse — If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catalyst — You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst.
- catalyze — If something catalyzes a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catamite — a boy kept for sexual purposes
- cataphor — a word that refers to or stands for another word used later
- catapult — A catapult is a device for shooting small stones. It is made of a Y-shaped stick with a piece of elastic tied between the two top parts.
- cataract — Cataracts are layers over a person's eyes that prevent them from seeing properly. Cataracts usually develop because of old age or illness.
- cattails — Plural form of cattail.
- cattalos — Plural form of cattalo.
- cavitand — (chemistry) any of several classes of macrocycle that have a shape containing a cavity in which a guest molecule or ion may fit.
- cavitary — having or containing cavities
- cavitate — to form cavities or bubbles
- celestas — Plural form of celesta.
- cemetary — Misspelling of cemetery.
- cenotaph — A cenotaph is a structure that is built in honour of soldiers who died in a war.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.