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8-Letter Words Starting with A (41 words)
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abstrict (12 points)
To set free by constriction
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
accident (13 points)
Bumper-to-bumper occurrence (wordplay)
Eg, car crash
The discovery of penicillin, e.g
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
accredit (13 points)
Red cacti (anagram)
Give official sanction to (a diplomat)
CID trace (anagram)
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1 = 13 pts
acquaint (19 points)
Make familiar (with)
Make (someone) familiar (with)
Introduce a strange noise
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 19 pts
acridest (11 points)
Acrid
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
activist (13 points)
Subversive part of play I view endlessly
Issue-oriented person
Busy worker for cause
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
adscript (13 points)
Feudal serf attached to the soil
Written after.
A·1+D·2+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1 = 13 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
airburst (10 points)
Explosion in the atmosphere
Detonation in the atmosphere
A·1+I·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
aircraft (13 points)
Airbus A330 or 380, say
Exhibit skill with kite perhaps
Airbus A330 or A380, say
A·1+I·1+R·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1 = 13 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
alarmist (10 points)
The sky is falling! crier, for one
Chicken Little, for one
A slim tar (anagram)
A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
alienist (8 points)
Litanies about legal psychiatrist
Former doctor treating mental illness
Expert witness in a sanity trial
A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
aliquant (17 points)
Term in long division
Designating divisor that leaves a remainder.
Such as will not divide a number without a remainder
A·1+L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 17 pts
alpinist (10 points)
A leg bandaged by lean skier, perhaps
It's plain stupid for a mountaineer
Climber of big mountains
A·1+L·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
altruist (8 points)
Carnegie, for one
Person with unselfish concern for others
One with unselfish motives.
A·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
ambivert (15 points)
Sometimes shy, sometimes outgoing
One who's sometimes outgoing, sometimes shy
Person who might enjoy a party and a Netflix binge equally
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 15 pts
angriest (9 points)
Mostly across (wordplay)
Least at peace
Iran gets upset - most upset
A·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
annalist (8 points)
Shrink from sound one records
Writer of history.
Historian of a sort
A·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
anticult (10 points)
Opposed to cults [adj] / an organisation opposed to cults
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1 = 10 pts
antileft (11 points)
Opposed to leftism
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1 = 11 pts
antiriot (8 points)
Like gear that quells mobs
Like some armored vehicles
Serving to quell violent protests
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+T·1 = 8 pts
antirust (8 points)
Like some protective coatings
Like some car wax
Oxidation-inhibiting
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
antismut (10 points)
Opposed to pornography
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+U·1+T·1 = 10 pts
antistat (8 points)
Something that opposes static electricity
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1 = 8 pts
antsiest (8 points)
Restless to the max
Least likely to sit still
Most impatient
A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
aperient (10 points)
It has a laxative effect in repeat runs
Beast interchanged in opening
Drug that is seized by troubled parent
A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 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
apiarist (10 points)
Moviedom's Ulee, for one
Prop man for "The Sting" (wordplay)
Monitor of workers (wordplay)
A·1+P·3+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
aquarist (17 points)
Fish keeper
Without question, Austria's lost expert on tank maintenance
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
aquatint (17 points)
Etching or watercolour (wordplay)
Type of engraving.
Just a shade like water for the artist
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 17 pts
arbalist (10 points)
""A type of crossbow, also ARBALEST, ARBELEST, ARBLAST""
A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
arborist (10 points)
Tree surgeon
Pruning expert
Tree expert
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 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
arsonist (8 points)
Switched on, star is lighter (wordplay)
One with a burning passion (wordplay)
Flaming guy (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
artifact (13 points)
Man-made object (US?spelling)
Tool, for one
Object made by humans (US spelling)
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 13 pts
artsiest (8 points)
Most affected, in a way
A·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
aspirant (10 points)
One works hard to achieve something
One with a goal
Partisan assembly produces a candidate
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
assignat (9 points)
The way to put one's name at revolutionary currency
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1 = 9 pts
atticist (10 points)
One affecting elegant expression
Elegant writer
A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
aviarist (11 points)
One who gets lots of tweets (wordplay)
Birdman of a sort.
Birdhouse attendant
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts

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