7-letter words starting with a
- acetate — Acetate is a shiny artificial material, sometimes used for making clothes or records.
- acetify — to become or cause to become acetic acid or vinegar
- acetoin — a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- acetone — Acetone is a type of solvent.
- acetose — Sour like vinegar; acetous.
- acetous — containing, producing, or resembling acetic acid or vinegar
- achaean — a member of a principal Greek tribe in the Mycenaean era
- acharné — furiously violent
- acharya — a prominent religious teacher and spiritual guide
- achates — Aeneas' faithful companion in Virgil's Aeneid
- achenes — Plural form of achene.
- acheron — one of the rivers in Hades over which the souls of the dead were ferried by Charon
- acheson — Dean (Gooderham). 1893–1971, US lawyer and statesman: secretary of state (1949–53) under President Truman
- achiest — Superlative form of achy.
- achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- achinsk — a city in the S central Russian Federation in Asia.
- achiote — annatto.
- achiral — able to be superimposed on its mirror image
- acholia — a condition involving partial or complete lack of bile secretion
- acholic — lack of a secretion of bile.
- acicula — a needle-shaped part, such as a spine, prickle, or crystal
- acidify — to convert into or become acid
- acidity — the quality or state of being acid
- aciform — needle-shaped; sharp
- acinose — consisting of acini.
- acinous — consisting of acini.
- aciurgy — Operative surgery.
- ack-ack — anti-aircraft fire
- aclinic — not leaning or inclining; unbending
- acmatic — relating to the highest point or pinnacle; ultimate
- acmeism — a school of early 20th-century Russian poetry whose practitioners were strongly opposed to the vagueness of symbolism and strove for absolute clarity of expression through precise, concrete imagery.
- acnemia — a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
- acology — Materia medica; the science of medical remedies.
- acolyte — An acolyte is a follower or assistant of an important person.
- acolyth — an acolyte or follower
- aconite — any of various N temperate plants of the ranunculaceous genus Aconitum, such as monkshood and wolfsbane, many of which are poisonous
- acorned — covered with acorns
- acouasm — a nonverbal auditory hallucination, as a ringing or hissing.
- acouchi — any of several South American rodents of the genus Myoprocta, closely related to the agoutis but much smaller, with a white-tipped tail: family Dasyproctidae
- acousma — acouasm.
- acquest — an acquisition
- acquire — If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- acquiry — (obsolete): acquirement.
- acquist — an acquisition
- acquits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquit.
- acrania — (physiology) Partial or total absence of the skull.
- acrasia — a lack of self discipline, by which a person acts contrary to usual judgment
- acrasin — a chemical produced by slime moulds
- acratic — of or relating to acrasia
- acreage — Acreage is a large area of farm land.