8-letter words containing a, b, c, t, e
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- cable tv — a television system in which a high antenna and one or more dish antennas receive signals from distant and local stations, electronic satellite relays, etc. and transmit them by direct cable to the receivers of persons subscribing to the system
- cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
- cabretta — a soft leather obtained from the skins of certain South American or African sheep
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- catbrier — any prickly vines of the genus Smilax, such as greenbrier
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- citeable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- clubmate — A person who is in the same club as another person.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combater — One who combats.
- costable — For which a monetary cost may be assessed.
- crabmeat — Crabmeat is the part of a crab that you eat.
- cubature — the determination of the cubic contents of something
- cuttable — capable of being cut
- datacube — Alternative spelling of data cube.
- diabetic — Diabetic is also an adjective.
- ecbatana — an ancient country in W Asia, S of the Caspian Sea, corresponding generally to NW Iran. Capital: Ecbatana.
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- get back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- jacobite — a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- seatback — the back support of a seat in an aircraft, motor vehicle, etc.
- set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- set-back — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- setbacks — a check to progress; a reverse or defeat: The new law was a setback.
- subacute — somewhat or moderately acute.
- subcaste — Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
- takeback — something taken back or withdrawn, especially an employee benefit previously gained in a union contract; takeaway.
- the crab — the constellation Cancer, the fourth sign of the zodiac
- trackbed — the foundation on which railway tracks are laid
- webcasts — Plural form of webcast.
- wetbacks — Plural form of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States.