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8-Letter Words Starting with A (21 words)
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affluent (14 points)
Well off, having plenty of money
In the money
Have a piece of furniture polished
A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+U·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 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
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
alertest (8 points)
Least likely to nod off
Most wide-awake
Most on one's guard
A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 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
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
almagest (11 points)
Ptolemy's work on astronomy
Work on astronomy compiled by Ptolemy
Work on astronomy
A·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 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
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
alterant (8 points)
Change-producing agent
Catalyst of a sort
A cause of change
A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 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
alumroot (10 points)
Plant used as an astringent
North American perennial
NA perennial
A·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 10 pts
ambulant (12 points)
Able to walk, not confined to bed
Walking, moving around
Of patient, able to walk
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 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
arbalest (10 points)
Device for shooting bundles into craft
Old-time crossbow.
Powerful medieval crossbow
A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 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
arbelest (10 points)
""A type of crossbow, also ARBALEST, ARBALIST, ARBLAST""
A·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 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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