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8-Letter Words Starting with A (23 words)
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abeyancy (18 points)
Suspended state (Var.)
Suspended state variable
A·1+B·3+E·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
abjectly (22 points)
In a miserable way
In a servile way
In a grovelling manner
A·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
accuracy (17 points)
Bill living in rectitude (wordplay)
Correctness of current church office
What typists and archers are judged on
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 17 pts
acerbity (15 points)
Sharp and forthright manner
Harshness of temper.
Tree, by squeezing it, produces vitriol
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
achingly (17 points)
In a yearning way
With great poignancy
In a heart-rending way
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
acridity (14 points)
Unpleasant sharpness
Sharp quality, with or without the third letter
I try acid to get bitterness in smell or taste
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
acrimony (15 points)
Acronym I made out of bitterness
Cross a shout about where I am on
Bitterness, ill feeling
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
actively (16 points)
In an energetic way
See appended part of play with animation
With true effort
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
activity (16 points)
Show and tell, for one
Occupation or bustle
An occupation, recreation, or the like.
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
actually (13 points)
Strange as it may seem...
In fact, it's a cut-out, chum
'Strange as it may seem...'
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
adamancy (16 points)
Stubbornness
Mulishness
Insistence
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
adequacy (23 points)
That's enough
Minimum ability
Acceptable competence
A·1+D·2+E·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 23 pts
advocacy (19 points)
Public support (for something)
Pleading in support (of someone)
Support of a cause
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 19 pts
alacrity (13 points)
Prompt and eager readiness
New car in Italy moving with great speed
Quick, cheerful enthusiasm
A·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
amicably (17 points)
In a friendly manner
In a friendly way
In a friendly fashion
A·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
ancestry (13 points)
Tree line (wordplay)
Any crest (anagram)
Material for a tree house (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
anticity (13 points)
Opposed to cities
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
apically (15 points)
Without a regular schedule
A·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
apocarpy (17 points)
The state of being an apocarp
A·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+P·3+Y·4 = 17 pts
apostacy (15 points)
""Abandonment of one's faith or beliefs, also APOSTASY""
A·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
atrocity (13 points)
Wretched work of art: colloq.
Type of inhuman treatment
Town behind doctored schedule of horror
A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
audacity (14 points)
Boldness - such nerve!
Boldness, may be brazen
Brass neck, boldness
A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
autarchy (16 points)
Czarism, for example
Absolute rule
Absolute power
A·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 16 pts

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