8-letter words starting with a
- accolade — If someone is given an accolade, something is done or said about them which shows how much people admire them.
- accorded — to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
- accorder — (rare) One who accords.
- accosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- accouche — (transitive) To aid in an accouchement.
- accounts — a chronological list of debits and credits relating to a specified asset, liability, expense, or income of a business and forming part of the ledger
- accouter — to outfit; equip, esp. for military service
- accoutre — to provide with equipment or dress, esp military
- accredit — If an educational qualification or institution is accredited, it is officially declared to be of an approved standard.
- accresce — (rare, intransitive) To accrue.
- accreted — to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to).
- accretes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accrete.
- accroach — to assume to oneself without right or authority; usurp.
- accruals — Plural form of accrual.
- accruing — to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- accuracy — The accuracy of information or measurements is their quality of being true or correct, even in small details.
- accurate — careful and exact
- accurize — to improve the accuracy of (a firearm).
- accursed — Some people use accursed to describe something which they are very annoyed about.
- accusant — a person who accuses or blames
- accuseds — charged with a crime, wrongdoing, fault, etc.: the accused boy.
- accusers — Plural form of accuser.
- accusing — If you look at someone with an accusing expression or speak to them in an accusing tone of voice, you are showing that you think they have done something wrong.
- accusive — Accusative.
- accustom — If you accustom yourself or another person to something, you make yourself or them become used to it.
- accutron — a type of watch in which the balance wheel and hairspring are replaced by a tuning fork kept in vibration by a tiny internal battery
- ace-high — esteemed; respected
- aceldama — the place near Jerusalem that was bought with the 30 pieces of silver paid to Judas for betraying Jesus (Matthew 27:8; Acts 1:19)
- acentric — without a centre
- acephate — a white solid compound, C 4 H 10 NO 3 PS, used as an insecticide against a wide range of plant pests, including aphids, budworms, and tent caterpillars.
- aceramic — not producing pottery: an aceramic South American culture.
- acerated — having sharp points
- acerbate — to embitter or exasperate
- acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
- acervate — growing in heaps or clusters
- acervuli — Plural form of acervulus.
- acescent — slightly sour or turning sour
- acetated — treated with acetic acid
- acetates — Plural form of acetate.
- acetonic — Of, pertaining to, or producing acetone.
- acetoxyl — a medicine used to treat acne, with benzoyl peroxide as it active ingredient
- acetylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the acetyl group.
- ach-laut — the voiceless velar fricative sound that is written as ch in Scottish loch or in German ach, often allophonic with the ich-laut
- ach-y-fi — an expression of disgust or abhorrence
- acharyas — Plural form of acharya.
- achelous — a river god who changed into a snake and a bull while fighting Hercules but was defeated when Hercules broke off one of his horns
- achenese — Atjehnese.
- achenium — (botany) achene.
- achernar — the brightest star in the constellation Eridanus, visible only in the S hemisphere. Visual magnitude: 0.5; spectral type: B3V; distance: 144 light years
- achieved — Reach or attain (a desired objective, level, or result) by effort, skill, or courage.