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8-Letter Words Starting with A (39 words)
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aardvark (16 points)
First animal (wordplay)
Picnickers' pet (wordplay)
First creature found in a dictionary
A·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 16 pts
abelmosk (16 points)
A tropical herb
A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+K·5 = 16 pts
aguelike (13 points)
Like a fever
A·1+G·2+U·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
aircheck (19 points)
A recording made from a radio broadcast
A·1+I·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+C·3+K·5 = 19 pts
airparks (14 points)
Airpark
A·1+I·1+R·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
akvavits (18 points)
Alaska tanks hold six bottles of poit?n perhaps
Alaska tanks hold six bottles of poitn perhaps
A·1+K·5+V·4+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 18 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
alkalies (12 points)
Some types of batteries
Bases, chemically
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
alkalify (18 points)
""To convert into an alkali, also ALKALISE, ALKALIZE""
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+L·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
alkaline (12 points)
With pH over 7 (wordplay)
Tiger in the Hall of Fame
Detroit Tiger star.
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
alkalise (12 points)
""To convert into an alkali, also ALKALIFY, ALKALIZE""
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
alkalize (21 points)
""To convert into an alkali, also ALKALISE, ALKALIFY""
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
alkaloid (13 points)
Caffeine, for one
All oak? I'd planned organic compound
Morphine or nicotine, for example
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 13 pts
alkanets (12 points)
Alkanet
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
alkylate (15 points)
To combine with alkyl
A·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
amtracks (16 points)
Vehicles of war
Amphibious landing tanks.
A·1+M·3+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 16 pts
angakoks (17 points)
Angakok
A·1+N·1+G·2+A·1+K·5+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
ankerite (12 points)
We hear a recluse takes mineral
Iron mineral
A·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
ankushes (15 points)
Ankush
A·1+N·1+K·5+U·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
ankylose (15 points)
To fuse as the bones of a joint
A·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts
anticked (15 points)
Antic
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
antiking (13 points)
A usurping king
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
antileak (12 points)
Escape-proof
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5 = 12 pts
antimask (14 points)
A comic interlude between the acts of a masque
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+K·5 = 14 pts
antinuke (12 points)
Protesting the pro-testers (wordplay)
Like Greenpeace, e.g
Like some protestors
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+U·1+K·5+E·1 = 12 pts
antiskid (13 points)
Good for driving in icy conditions, say
Designed to help you stop
Like many automobile braking systems
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+K·5+I·1+D·2 = 13 pts
antitank (12 points)
Designed to defeat a Panzer, say
Kind of gun
Like some bazookas or missiles
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 12 pts
arabesks (14 points)
Arabesk
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+S·1+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
archduke (18 points)
Franz Ferdinand, for one
Waggish nobleman (wordplay)
Prince Henry follows car, shaking fist
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+D·2+U·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
armlocks (16 points)
Judo maneuvers
Martial arts holds that are hard to escape
A·1+R·1+M·3+L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 16 pts
artworks (15 points)
Handsome prints (wordplay)
Star-struck securing job in The Louvre
Wild star secures job in the museum
A·1+R·1+T·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 15 pts
asparkle (14 points)
Aglow
A·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
asterisk (12 points)
Star of "M*A*S*H" (wordplay)
Star on the keys (wordplay)
Star in "M*A*S*H" (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+K·5 = 12 pts
attacked (15 points)
Was really offensive (wordplay)
What G. W. did at Trenton
Beset by marauders
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
attacker (14 points)
What an offensive sort of a person!
Take cart moving forward
One picking holes in fancy cake and tart
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
auntlike (12 points)
Like an aunt
A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 12 pts
autarkic (14 points)
A Turk trained in best college must be self-sufficient
A·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+C·3 = 14 pts
awakened (16 points)
Perhaps RO used this
Became a ware (wordplay)
Dreamed no more
A·1+W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
awakener (15 points)
An alarm clock or rooster, for example
Alarm clock, for example
An alarm clock or rooster, e.g
A·1+W·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

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