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8-Letter Words Starting with A (37 words)
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abattoir (10 points)
Place for croaking animals (wordplay)
Place for neat disposal (wordplay)
I tar boat (anagram)
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+R·1 = 10 pts
abductor (13 points)
Taker (of someone)
One removing by force
Hercules, to Iole
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
abhorrer (13 points)
One who can't stand (wordplay)
He detests you
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
absolver (13 points)
He who pardons.
Jack you may forgive
A priest may be such, or half a French one and you
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
absorber (12 points)
Sponge recipe accepted by sailor, not drunk
Cushion
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
accentor (12 points)
Player stuck round half century gets the bird ...
Bird, in a manner of speaking, joining other ranks
Prunella, the player retaining part of part of play
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
acceptor (14 points)
Bill-of-exchange signer
He takes the prize
Draft signer
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
accorder (13 points)
One who {agrees=v}
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
accouter (12 points)
Ready for battle
Equip
Outfit
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
actuator (10 points)
Something causing operation
Electric motor, mechanically speaking
Mechanism causing operation
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
adductor (12 points)
An adducent muscle
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
adjustor (16 points)
Professional claims examiner
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
adroiter (9 points)
More crafty or skillful
With more skill
More skillful
A·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
adulator (9 points)
One who overdoes the praise
Flatterer is one among grown-up men
Person who praises excessively
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
agitator (9 points)
One stirring up (things)
A good mixer, maybe, but a trouble-maker
A good mixer, maybe, but a troublemaker
A·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
allotter (8 points)
One who {allots=v}
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
alveolar (11 points)
Pertaining to the lungs' air sacs
Of the lungs' air cells
Like the sound "tsk"
A·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
ancestor (10 points)
Someone in a tree (wordplay)
Great-great-great grandmother, for one
Someone up in a tree (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
animator (10 points)
Walt Disney, perhaps (wordplay)
Ralph Bakshi, for one
Cel-ist (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
anointer (8 points)
Priest's role during Extreme Unction
One doing the consecrating
Holy-oil sprinkler
A·1+N·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
anovular (11 points)
Not involving ovulation
A·1+N·1+O·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
anterior (8 points)
Nearer the front; prior (to)
Front-facing, anatomically
In the front
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
appellor (12 points)
A confessed criminal who accuses an accomplice
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
approver (15 points)
One signing off
FDA, vis-a-vis Pfizer products
One who gives permission
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
armourer (10 points)
Old mailman (wordplay)
Custodian of pieces etc (wordplay)
Maker of defensive dress
A·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
arrestor (8 points)
Police officer, at times
Hinderer.
A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
aspersor (10 points)
""One who asperses, also ASPERSER""
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
assentor (8 points)
One who agrees
Nominee endorser in Britain
Endorsing voter, in England.
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assertor (8 points)
Star rose to become a champion defender
One speaking positively
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assessor (8 points)
Perhaps the woman is silly or values it
One with a taxing job (wordplay)
Perhaps she's silly or after 22 across
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assignor (9 points)
One transferring property rights, in law
Property transferor
One who nominates a southern Italian gentleman
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assistor (8 points)
Lawyer's aide
Supportive one
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
assorter (8 points)
One who classifies things
Classifier
Classifier.
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
atomizer (19 points)
Item on a vanity, perhaps
Perfume delivery option
Item on milady's dresser
A·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
attestor (8 points)
Notary, for instance
One's present at the trial, or ready to give one's 15 across at it
Certifier
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
avigator (12 points)
One who navigates aircraft
A·1+V·4+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
avoucher (16 points)
One who {avouches=v}
A·1+V·4+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts

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