8-letter words containing tra
- distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distrail — dissipation trail.
- distrain — to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- distrait — inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
- entrails — A person or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed.
- entrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entrain.
- entrance — An opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.
- entrants — Plural form of entrant.
- estragon — Tarragon.
- estrange — Cause (someone) to be no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienate.
- étranger — a foreigner
- extracts — Plural form of extract.
- extrados — The upper or outer curve of an arch.
- extranet — An intranet that can be partially accessed by authorized outside users, enabling businesses to exchange information over the Internet securely.
- fenestra — Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- filtrate — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- finestra — an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- firetrap — a building that, because of its age, material, structure, or the like, is especially dangerous in case of fire.
- fly trap — any of various plants that entrap insects, especially Venus's-flytrap.
- flytraps — Plural form of flytrap.
- footrace — a race run by contestants on foot.
- fortrash — (abuse, language) /for'trash/ Hackerism for the Fortran language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics.
- gastraea — a primeval double-walled sac-like form whose existence was hypothesized by Ernst Haeckel, who proposed that all animals were descended from it
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- ice tray — container for freezing water into cubes
- in train — If a process or event is in train or has been set in train, it is happening or starting to happen.
- intraday — occurring during a single day.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- intranet — a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- intrans. — intransitive
- intrants — Plural form of intrant.
- ion trap — any device used to prevent ions in an electron beam from striking other apparatus, especially in mass spectrometry.
- kalyptra — a veil worn by women in Greece
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- lustrate — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- man-trap — an outdoor trap set for humans, as to snare poachers or trespassers.
- mantraps — Plural form of mantrap.
- matralia — an annual festival of ancient Rome celebrated by women in honor of the goddess Matuta.
- mattrass — a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
- metrazol — pentylenetetrazol
- militran — A discrete simulation system for military applications produced by the Sys Res Group at ONR in 1964.
- mistrace — to trace incorrectly
- mistrack — To track incorrectly.
- mistrain — to train or guide incorrectly
- mistrals — Plural form of mistral.
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- nitrated — Reacted, or treated with nitric acid or a nitrate.
- nitrates — Plural form of nitrate.
- nitrator — A reaction vessel in which nitration takes place.
- offtrack — occurring or carried on away from a racetrack: offtrack betting.