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8-Letter Words Starting with A (47 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
abstract (12 points)
Quietly remove painting, perhaps
Hard to grasp, maybe
Knock off some modern art (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
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
accusant (12 points)
An {accuser=n}
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acerbest (12 points)
Acerb
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acescent (12 points)
Of milk, sour or turning sour
A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 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
adeptest (11 points)
Adept
A·1+D·2+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 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
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
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
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
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
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
amethyst (16 points)
Gift for an Aquarius, maybe
Valuable purple stone
During Sat. make me your bluestone
A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
anapaest (10 points)
Foot rot for a peasant (wordplay)
Metrical foot of three syllables.
A peasant suffering breakage of foot
A·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 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
antepast (10 points)
A foretaste
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 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
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
appestat (12 points)
Hunger trigger
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1 = 12 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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