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- abducens 8 letters · 13 points a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
- abducent 8 letters · 13 points especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
- abductor 8 letters · 13 points a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
- ablution 8 letters · 10 points the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
- abomasum 8 letters · 14 points the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
- abruptly 8 letters · 15 points quickly and without warning
- absolute 8 letters · 10 points perfect or complete or pure
- abstruse 8 letters · 10 points difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
- absurdly 8 letters · 14 points in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree
- abundant 8 letters · 11 points present in great quantity
- abutment 8 letters · 12 points a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge
- acanthus 8 letters · 13 points any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native…
- acarpous 8 letters · 12 points producing no fruit
- acaudate 8 letters · 11 points lacking a tail or taillike appendage
- accouter 8 letters · 12 points provide with military equipment
- accoutre 8 letters · 12 points provide with military equipment
- accuracy 8 letters · 17 points the quality of being near to the true value
- accurate 8 letters · 12 points conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
- accursed 8 letters · 13 points under a curse
- accusing 8 letters · 13 points containing or expressing accusation
- accusive 8 letters · 15 points containing or expressing accusation
- accustom 8 letters · 14 points make psychologically or physically used (to something)
- acicular 8 letters · 12 points narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
- aciduric 8 letters · 13 points especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium
- acoustic 8 letters · 12 points of or relating to the science of acoustics
- acquaint 8 letters · 19 points inform
- acquired 8 letters · 20 points gotten through environmental forces
- acquirer 8 letters · 19 points a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee
- actinium 8 letters · 12 points a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores
- actually 8 letters · 13 points used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly
- actuated 8 letters · 11 points moved to action
- actuator 8 letters · 10 points a mechanism that puts something into automatic action
- aculeate 8 letters · 10 points having or resembling a stinger or barb
- addendum 8 letters · 13 points textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
- adducent 8 letters · 12 points especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
- adducing 8 letters · 13 points citing as evidence or proof
- adductor 8 letters · 12 points a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line
- adequacy 8 letters · 23 points the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:
- adequate 8 letters · 18 points having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
- adjusted 8 letters · 17 points altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation
- adjuster 8 letters · 16 points one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement
- adjustor 8 letters · 16 points one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement
- adjutant 8 letters · 16 points large Indian stork with a military gait
- adjuvant 8 letters · 19 points enhancing the action of a medical treatment
- adulator 8 letters · 9 points a person who uses flattery
- adultery 8 letters · 12 points extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
- adulting 8 letters · 10 points acting like an adult
- aeronaut 8 letters · 8 points someone who operates an aircraft
- afflatus 8 letters · 14 points a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration
- affluent 8 letters · 14 points having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- affusion 8 letters · 14 points the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head
- aflutter 8 letters · 11 points excited in anticipation
- ageratum 8 letters · 11 points any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers
- aguacate 8 letters · 11 points a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
- agueweed 8 letters · 13 points perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine
- airbrush 8 letters · 13 points an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air
- airburst 8 letters · 10 points an explosion in the atmosphere
- alehouse 8 letters · 11 points a tavern where ale is sold
- aleurone 8 letters · 8 points granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains
- aliquant 8 letters · 17 points an integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity
- allmouth 8 letters · 13 points fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
- allosaur 8 letters · 8 points late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus
- alluring 8 letters · 9 points highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
- allusion 8 letters · 8 points passing reference or indirect mention
- allusive 8 letters · 11 points characterized by indirect references
- alluvial 8 letters · 11 points of or relating to alluvium
- alluvion 8 letters · 11 points clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
- alluvium 8 letters · 13 points clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
- altitude 8 letters · 9 points elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
- altruism 8 letters · 10 points the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- altruist 8 letters · 8 points someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
- aluminum 8 letters · 12 points a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
- alumroot 8 letters · 10 points any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera
- alveolus 8 letters · 11 points a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth
- ambulant 8 letters · 12 points able to walk about
- ambulate 8 letters · 12 points walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking
- ambusher 8 letters · 15 points an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack
- ammobium 8 letters · 16 points any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage
- ammonium 8 letters · 14 points the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion
- amoebous 8 letters · 12 points pertaining to or resembling amoebae
- amphiuma 8 letters · 17 points aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United…
- ampullar 8 letters · 12 points of or related to an ampulla
- amputate 8 letters · 12 points remove surgically
- analogue 8 letters · 9 points of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
- anestrum 8 letters · 10 points applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
- anestrus 8 letters · 8 points applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
- aneurism 8 letters · 10 points a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall
- aneurysm 8 letters · 13 points a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall
- anginous 8 letters · 9 points of or related to the pain of angina pectoris
- angrecum 8 letters · 13 points any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented…
- angulate 8 letters · 9 points having angles or an angular shape
- announce 8 letters · 10 points announce publicly or officially
- annually 8 letters · 11 points without missing a year
- annulary 8 letters · 11 points the third finger (especially of the left hand)
- annulate 8 letters · 8 points shaped like a ring
- antimuon 8 letters · 10 points the antiparticle of a muon; decays to positron and neutrino and antineutrino
- anuresis 8 letters · 8 points inability to urinate
- anuretic 8 letters · 10 points of or relating to an inability to urinate
- aperture 8 letters · 10 points an man-made opening; usually small
- apologue 8 letters · 11 points a short moral story (often with animal characters)