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8-Letter Words Starting with A (12 words)
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achromat (15 points)
A light transmitting lens
A·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1 = 15 pts
adherent (12 points)
Fan sticking (wordplay)
Loyal follower - sticks close
He daren't appear as a supporter
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
affright (18 points)
Scared of a fortissimo - OK (wordplay)
Correctly installing high-volume alarm
A very strong and appropriate terror
A·1+F·4+F·4+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 18 pts
airtight (12 points)
Lay drunk maybe beyond question
Like some alibis (wordplay)
Sealed completely, perhaps
A·1+I·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 12 pts
alcahest (13 points)
""The hypothetical solvent sought by alchemists, also ALKAHEST""
A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
alkahest (15 points)
Universal solvent of the alchemists
Fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemist.
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
alphabet (15 points)
Cast of characters (wordplay)
A to Z, say
First elements (of language)
A·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1 = 15 pts
amethyst (16 points)
Gift for an Aquarius, maybe
Valuable purple stone
During Sat. make me your bluestone
A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
anchoret (13 points)
Religious worker holds arduous job
Solitary worker holds menial job
Miscreant surrounds house of hermit
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 13 pts
aphorist (13 points)
Franklin, for one
User of short, pithy sentences.
I put in short pieces on a page
A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
archaist (13 points)
Specialist in antiquities
Collector of antiquities
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
ashplant (13 points)
A sapling used as a walking stick
Tackling Alp, hasn't a walking stick
Never, never split transverse stick
A·1+S·1+H·4+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts

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