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8-Letter Words Starting with A (17 words)
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absonant (10 points)
Unnatural boast about strangling old relative
Discordant
Discordant, archaically
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
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
acrodont (11 points)
An animal having rootless teeth
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
aeroduct (11 points)
A type of jet engine
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1 = 11 pts
aeronaut (8 points)
Balloonist, say, in bar with tipsy aunt
Pilot - Eton aura (anagram)
Balloon man (wordplay)
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+U·1+T·1 = 8 pts
aerostat (8 points)
Balloon or dirigible
Balloon or blimp
Any lighter-than-air craft.
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1 = 8 pts
afforest (14 points)
Plant with trees
Plant trees over a wide area
Would, by the sound of it, plant
A·1+F·4+F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 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
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
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
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
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
argonaut (9 points)
The Ancient Mariner (wordplay)
Heracles, for one
Gold-rush figure in 1849
A·1+R·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+A·1+U·1+T·1 = 9 pts
arrogant (9 points)
Too big for one's britches
Feeling so much better!
Feeling much better (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 9 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
assonant (8 points)
Like small talk (wordplay)
Onager treading insect?
Onager treading insect (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
autocrat (10 points)
Detroit lobby leader (wordplay)
Henry Ford, for example (wordplay)
Detroit lobby leader?
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1 = 10 pts

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