8-letter words containing tr
- atremble — in a shaking or trembling state
- atrichia — congenital absence or loss of hair.
- atrocity — An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
- atrophia — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- atropine — a poisonous alkaloid obtained from deadly nightshade, having an inhibitory action on the autonomic nervous system. It is used medicinally in pre-anaesthetic medication, to speed a slow heart rate, and as an emergency first-aid counter to exposure to chemical warfare nerve agents. Formula: C17H23NO3
- atropism — a condition caused by using atropine over a period of time
- atropous — growing straight, without inversion
- attracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attract.
- attrited — worn down by friction or attrition
- attritee — (human resources) One who attrits; one who quits.
- attritor — A type of grinder in which particles suspended in water are moved by paddles and are ground as they collide with each other.
- austrian — Austrian means belonging or relating to Austria, or to its people or culture.
- aviatrix — a female aviator
- axletree — a bar fixed across the underpart of a wagon or carriage that has rounded ends on which the wheels revolve
- babbitry — the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
- bactrian — of or relating to Bactria
- bad trip — a mentally or physically horrifying drug-taking experience, as one accompanied by nightmarish hallucinations or by physical pain.
- bad trot — a period of ill fortune
- balestra — a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- banditry — Banditry is used to refer to acts of robbery and violence in areas where the rule of law has broken down.
- barratry — (formerly) the vexatious stirring up of quarrels or bringing of lawsuits
- barretry — barratry
- basketry — Basketry is baskets made by weaving together thin strips of materials such as wood.
- bay tree — laurel (def 1).
- beartrap — A large trap used to catch a bear, usually as a foot trap.
- beatrice — a feminine name: dim. Bea; var. Beatrix
- bed tray — a meal tray with legs or supports at each end to fit across the lap of a person who is sitting up in bed.
- bedstraw — any of numerous rubiaceous plants of the genus Galium, which have small white or yellow flowers and prickly or hairy fruits: some species formerly used as straw for beds as they are aromatic when dry
- bee tree — a hollow tree used as a hive by bees
- beetroot — Beetroot is a dark red root that is eaten as a vegetable. It is often preserved in vinegar.
- beltrami — Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- bertrand — a masculine name
- bestreak — to streak
- bestride — To bestride something means to be the most powerful and important person or thing in it.
- bestrode — to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- betatron — a type of particle accelerator for producing high-energy beams of electrons, having an alternating magnetic field to keep the electrons in a circular orbit of fixed radius and accelerate them by magnetic induction. It produces energies of up to about 300 MeV
- betrayal — A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.
- betrayed — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- betrayer — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- bevatron — a proton synchrotron at the University of California
- big tree — a giant Californian coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, with a wide tapering trunk and thick spongy bark: family Taxodiaceae. It often reaches a height of 90 metres
- biometry — the analysis of biological data using mathematical and statistical methods
- biotroph — a parasitic organism, esp a fungus
- bleuatre — blueish
- boltrope — a rope sewn to the foot or luff of a sail to strengthen it
- botryoid — having the form of a bunch of grapes: botryoidal hematite.
- botryose — Mineralogy. botryoidal.
- botrytis — any of a group of fungi of the genus Botrytis, several of which cause plant diseases
- bourtree — the elder-tree