7-letter words containing a, b, t, e
- eatable — edible.
- eblaite — the Semitic language of the people of Ebla, believed to be closely related to Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Hebrew, but written in cuneiform characters borrowed from Sumerian: decoded from the Ebla Tablets. Compare Ebla.
- ebriate — drunk
- embathe — (archaic) To bathe.
- enhabit — Obsolete form of inhabit.
- exabyte — (computing) a unit of storage capacity, 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (1018) bytes.
- eyebath — A cup-shaped vessel used to apply eyewash.
- feebate — A system of charges and rebates whereby energy-efficient or environmentally friendly practices are rewarded while failure to adhere to such practices is penalized.
- fibrate — any of a class of drugs used to lower fat levels in the body
- flatbed — Also called flatbed trailer, flatbed truck. a truck or trailer having an open body in the form of a platform without sides or stakes. Compare stake truck.
- gabfest — a gathering at which there is a great deal of conversation.
- globate — shaped like a globe.
- habited — inhabited.
- habitue — a frequent or habitual visitor to a place: a habitué of art galleries.
- habutae — a thin, soft, durable Japanese silk, used in the manufacture of garments.
- halbert — (weapons) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.
- hatable — meriting hatred or loathing.
- herbart — Johann Friedrich [yoh-hahn free-drikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1776–1841, German philosopher and educator.
- icebath — Alternative spelling of ice bath.
- iceboat — a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- iobates — a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- jetbead — a shrub, Rhodotypos scandens, of the rose family, having white flowers and glossy black fruit, cultivated as an ornamental.
- jetboat — A boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft.
- ketubah — the formal contract in a Jewish religious marriage that includes specific financial protection for the wife in the event that the husband dies or divorces her.
- labiate — having parts that are shaped or arranged like lips; lipped.
- labrets — Plural form of labret.
- lambent — running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame.
- lambert — Constant [kon-stuh nt] /ˈkɒn stənt/ (Show IPA), 1905–51, English composer and conductor.
- lambeth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- latrobe — Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- librate — to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- limbate — bordered, as a flower in which one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
- macbeth — died 1057, king of Scotland 1040–57.
- manbote — a sum of money paid to a lord whose vassal was murdered.
- masbate — one of the central islands of the Philippines. 1262 sq. mi. (3269 sq. km).
- megabat — Any of the bats in the suborder Megachiroptera consisting of one family, Pteropodidae; a fruit bat.
- megabit — 2 20 (1,048,576) bits.
- moabite — an inhabitant or native of Moab.
- mutable — liable or subject to change or alteration.
- nabatea — ancient kingdom of Arabia, in what is now in W Jordan
- netback — a calculation of the price of crude-oil products based on the price of crude oil.
- netball — Tennis. a ball, on a return shot, that hits the top of the net and drops on the other side of the court, thus remaining in play.
- niobate — any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- notable — worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
- oblates — Plural form of oblate.
- obovate — inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end at the base.
- obviate — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- offbeat — differing from the usual or expected; unconventional: an offbeat comedian.
- outbake — to bake more than or better than
- outbeam — to beam more than or brighter than