8-Letter Words Starting With A

1. farther along in physical or mental development

2. comparatively late in a course of development

1. an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

2. the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

1. collection of records especially about an institution

1. any specific behavior

2. the state of being active

1. a component that is added to something to improve it

2. the act of adding one thing to another

1. in actual fact

2. used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly

1. move towards

2. come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character

1. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

2. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

1. associated with academia or an academy

2. an educator who works at a college or university

1. established by authority; given authoritative approval

1. generally approved or compelling recognition

1. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

1. a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

1. the formal act of approving

2. a feeling of liking something or someone good

1. a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit

2. the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

1. the quality of being near to the true value

2. (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number

1. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct

2. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy

1. a vehicle that can fly

1. a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

2. the part of the general public interested in a source of information, entertainment, or a product/service

1. appointed to a post or duty

1. acted upon; influenced

2. speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

1. an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat

2. giving advice

1. at or in or to any place

1. supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

2. a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch

1. being joined in close association

2. fond and affectionate

1. the state of being allied or confederated

2. a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

1. an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

2. anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

2. a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

1. the aggregation of a country's military aircraft

2. the operation of aircraft to provide transportation

1. something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative

2. perfect or complete or pure

1. having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

2. sufficient for the purpose

1. relating to or befitting athletics or athletes

2. vigorously active

1. a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

1. gotten through environmental forces

1. made to appear to move as living creatures do

2. having life or vigor or spirit

1. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

2. the arrangement of the body and its limbs

1. having a caretaker or other watcher

2. playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment

1. make known; make an announcement

2. announce publicly or officially

1. of or relating to the science of acoustics

2. a remedy for hearing loss or deafness

1. having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment

2. (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted

1. an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

2. the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

1. nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

2. having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching

1. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

2. appearing as such but not necessarily so

1. without missing a year

2. by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)

1. disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

2. organized or planned for

1. active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something

1. having help; often used as a combining form

1. termination of pregnancy

2. failure of a plan

1. declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

2. allow to enter; grant entry to

1. excessively forward

1. in an active manner

1. push for something

2. speak, plead, or argue in favor of

1. relating to or characteristic of art or artists

2. satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities

1. examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts

1. any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response

1. having a capacity for adaptation

1. the act of troubling or annoying someone

2. causing irritation or annoyance

1. a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals

1. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

1. a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer

1. put in motion or move to act

2. make active or more active

1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

2. of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

1. a star-shaped character * used in printing

2. mark with an asterisk

1. tending to adhere

2. a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together

1. elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface

2. the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)

1. a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language

2. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

1. a device that controls amount of light admitted

2. a natural opening in something

1. a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal

1. a militant reformer

2. advocating or engaged in activism

1. much greater than the normal

2. not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

1. an instrument that performs analyses

1. the hereditary derivation of an individual

2. inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

1. present in great quantity

1. relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7

1. a feeling of craving something

1. moved or conveyed by or through air

1. (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody

2. (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

1. giving or marked by complete attention to

2. retained without reflection

1. of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive

1. distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose

1. immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

2. personal independence

1. add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments

2. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

1. characterized by or caused by allergy

2. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)

1. something having the property of being analogous to something else

2. of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

1. create by putting components or members together

2. collect in one place

1. using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus

2. using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)

1. of a moderate purple color

2. a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone

1. lovable especially in a childlike or naive way

1. a cherished desire

2. a strong drive for success

1. achieved or reached

1. compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming

1. a tooth situated at the front of the mouth

2. earlier in time

1. make automatic or control or operate automatically

1. confidently declared to be so

1. the academic world

1. the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

2. a test of the suitability of a performer

1. designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

2. characterized or produced by addition

1. of or involving or contained in the arteries

1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

1. the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:

2. the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

1. abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen

2. a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures

1. the sterilization of an animal

1. someone who attacks

1. an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it

1. as can be shown by argument

1. (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings

2. having a strong pleasant odor

1. having unlimited power

1. of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism

2. characterized by or promoting constructive metabolism

1. textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

1. of or relating to the process of hearing

1. a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

1. a grant made by a law court

1. a man-made object taken as a whole

1. desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

1. causing to fall into line or into position

1. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

2. a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

1. (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting

1. exercise that increases the need for oxygen

1. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride

1. the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion

1. a particular environment or surrounding influence

2. the atmosphere of an environment

1. chair with a support on each side for arms

1. causing abrasion

2. sharply disagreeable; rigorous

1. giving confidence

1. frightening because of an awareness of danger

1. a particular environment or surrounding influence

2. the atmosphere of an environment

1. one that is absent or not in residence

1. of parents and children; related by adoption

2. acquired as your own by free choice

1. give out

2. allow to have

1. graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

1. a prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite

1. any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels

2. candied stalks of the angelica plant

1. any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

2. shaped like a star

1. (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)

1. a mechanism that puts something into automatic action

1. quickly and without warning

2. happening unexpectedly

1. a state of readiness to respond

2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

1. kindly endorsement and guidance

2. a favorable omen

1. inherent ability

1. someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way

2. a mechanism that can move automatically

1. (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch

2. bearing a stress or accent

1. a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa

1. extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations

1. paint with an airbrush

2. an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air

1. a place where planes take off and land

1. an affluent person; a person who is financially well off

2. a branch that flows into the main stream

1. someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people

2. the technician who produces animated cartoons

1. deviating from normal expectations; somewhat odd, strange, or abnormal

2. not representative of a group, class, or type

1. the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth

2. the atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction

1. characteristic of or affected with autism

1. science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics

1. a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

1. containing or expressing accusation

1. a person who is present and participates in a meeting

1. an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

2. erosion by friction

1. a feeling of intense dislike

2. the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

1. aroused or activated

2. (somewhat formal) having been waked up

1. a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

1. sew on as a decoration

2. a decorative design made of one material sewn over another

1. (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation

1. a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall

1. sports that involve bodies of water

1. a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise

2. a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance

1. someone who responds

1. a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

1. one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement

1. furnishing added support

2. enhancing the action of a medical treatment

1. large arboreal boa of tropical South America

1. of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism

2. uncertain of all claims to knowledge

1. people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)

1. surgical removal of a body part or tissue

2. the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

1. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

1. an instrument that performs analyses

1. relating to farming or agriculture

1. aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe

2. strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise

1. fearless daring

2. aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery

1. used of animals; provided with protective covering

2. protected by armor (used of persons or things military)

1. male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristics

1. any substance that can cause an allergy

1. troubled emotionally and usually deeply

2. physically disturbed or set in motion

1. a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae

2. any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma

1. struck with fear, dread, or consternation

2. strike with disgust or revulsion

1. an oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.)

1. pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs

2. pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw

1. short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

1. the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production

1. disposed or willing to conform

2. responsive to suggestions and influences

1. (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated

2. the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures

1. weaponry used by military or naval force

2. the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war

1. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

1. the process of exposing to air (so as to purify)

2. the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent

1. an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

2. sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ

1. a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite

1. the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines)

1. a short moral story (often with animal characters)

2. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

1. established as genuine

1. of or relating to the structure of the body

2. of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms

1. having no weak points

2. not allowing air or gas to pass in or out

1. of or relating to alluvium

1. an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior

1. a commercial airplane that carries passengers

1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

1. a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley

1. the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

1. moved to action

1. evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

2. consider in a comprehensive way

1. one who agitates; a political troublemaker

1. loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer)

1. an authority with power to approve

1. one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

2. markedly different from an accepted norm

1. a man-made object taken as a whole

1. cause to come to know personally

2. make familiar or conversant with

1. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

1. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

2. transfer property or ownership

1. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

2. large Indian stork with a military gait

1. a detested person

2. a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

1. at or in or to any place

1. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

2. an act of atrocious cruelty

1. any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

1. passing reference or indirect mention

1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

1. abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues

1. a game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters

1. a person with a record of successes

1. a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides

1. an expressway in a German-speaking country

1. relating to or resulting from arbitration

1. of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion

1. someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

2. sticking fast

1. a synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide

1. of or relating to the axil

2. of or relating to the armpit

1. coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field

1. an airfield without normal airport facilities

1. an Italian almond liqueur

1. a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck

1. a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system

2. of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS

1. a person who acquires something (usually permanently)

2. a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock

1. characterized by friendship and good will

1. assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

1. seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America

2. any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food

1. of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms

1. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)

2. the act of abandoning a party for cause

1. in a manner exhibiting art or skill

2. in a disingenuous manner

1. the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying

1. in the open air

2. outside a building

1. a person suffering from anorexia nervosa

2. suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin

1. a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

1. (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure

1. capable of being supported by argument

2. open to argument or debate

1. someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure

1. in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree

1. (law) the party who makes an assignment

1. a salt or ester of propenoic acid

1. under a curse

1. the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

1. point of contact between two objects or parts

2. a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge

1. declare invalid

2. cancel officially

1. characteristic of late maturity verging on decline

2. of or characteristic of or occurring in autumn

1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

2. not faithful to religion or party or cause

1. failing to accomplish an intended result

1. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

1. relatively small tuna with choice white flesh; major source of canned tuna

2. large pelagic tuna the source of most canned tuna; reaches 93 pounds and has long pectoral fins; found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters

1. any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated

1. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

1. aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries

2. deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States

1. a building where animals are butchered

1. the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes

1. blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease

1. affect with wonder

1. natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants

1. an ambitious and aspiring young person

2. desiring or striving for recognition or advancement

1. someone who ascends

2. a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters

1. without law or control

1. the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels

1. revoke formally

1. a specialist in treating damaged trees

1. a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning

2. a place where reading materials are available

1. liveliness and eagerness

1. temporary cessation or suspension

1. a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)

1. a narrow street with walls on both sides

1. a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

1. the act of preventing something from occurring

2. the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away

1. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

1. grant credentials to

2. provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials

1. a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas

1. air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

1. clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down

1. a person who alarms others needlessly

1. liquidate gradually

1. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist

1. someone who listens attentively

2. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

1. in an amicable manner

1. political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema

1. freed from any question of guilt

1. alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer

1. remove by suction

2. pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds

1. in an ardent manner

1. the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle

1. a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria

1. curved down like an eagle's beak

1. advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

2. warn strongly; put on guard

1. of or relating to or formed by trees

2. inhabiting or frequenting trees

1. relating to or characterized by atrophy