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8-Letter Words Starting with A (17 words)
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abducted (14 points)
Took a berth across Channel
Like earthlings, sometimes, in sci-fi
Ridiculous cut bad editor's taken
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
abhorred (14 points)
Couldn't stomach
A British mob said to be very unpopular
Disliked, and then some
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
abounded (12 points)
Leapt onto answer - it was 'plentiful'!
Was in plentiful supply
A sprung lot of them
A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
abridged (13 points)
Condensed (as text)
Cut short - big adder (anagram)
An old bird flew into and got cut
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
abscised (13 points)
Abscise
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
abseiled (11 points)
Rests back in a bed and let oneself down
Descended rock face
Let oneself down rockface as I bleed badly
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
absented (11 points)
Kept away, being dispatched into a place of rest
Kept away
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
absolved (14 points)
Declared free (from guilt)
Let off the hook, a slob finally cracked
Sailor, cracked, released from duty
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
absorbed (13 points)
Took in gold found in berth (wordplay)
Wholly engrossed or imbued
Deep in thought.
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
adsorbed (12 points)
Collected by condensation.
Condensed on a surface.
Held, as a dissolved substance
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
airbound (11 points)
Supported by air
A·1+I·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2 = 11 pts
amberoid (13 points)
""A synthetic amber, also AMBROID""
A·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 13 pts
ambushed (16 points)
Attacked guerrilla-style
Attacked from hiding
Waylaid mum returned exhausted
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
amoeboid (13 points)
Like some shape shifters (wordplay)
Like simplest form of life
Having an asymmetric shape
A·1+M·3+O·1+E·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 13 pts
arabized (20 points)
Arabize
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 20 pts
arboured (11 points)
Pertaining to an {arbour=n}
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
ascribed (13 points)
Chalked up (to)
Credited the writer in a TV pitch
Gave credit to
A·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

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