8-letter words containing a, p, t, e
- footpage — an errand-boy
- forepart — the first, front, or early part.
- forepast — bygone
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gatepost — the vertical post on which a gate is suspended by hinges, or the post against which the gate is closed.
- graphite — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- griptape — a rough tape for sticking to a surface to provide a greater grip
- hampster — Alternative form of hamster.
- hanepoot — a variety of muscat grape used as a dessert fruit and in making wine
- happiest — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- haptenic — (immunology) Of or pertaining to a hapten.
- hapteron — a structure by which a fungus, aquatic plant, or algae colony attaches to an object; a holdfast.
- heat map — a graphical representation of data in which a spectrum of colours is used to represent the different values
- heatspot — a spot on the skin or other surface produced by heat
- heel-tap — a layer of leather, metal, or the like in a shoe heel; a lift.
- heeltaps — Plural form of heeltap.
- helpmate — a companion and helper.
- hepatica — any plant belonging to the genus Hepatica, of the buttercup family, having heart-shaped leaves and delicate purplish, pink, or white flowers.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- hepatite — a type of barite mineral with a sulphuric odour
- hepatize — to transform into a liver-like substance
- hepatoma — a tumor of the liver.
- heptagon — a polygon having seven angles and seven sides.
- heptarch — A heptarchist.
- hotplate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- impacted — tightly or immovably wedged in.
- impacter — a person or thing that impacts.
- impanate — (of the body of Christ) contained in the bread of the Eucharist
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- imparter — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impasted — Simple past tense and past participle of impaste.
- impastes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impaste.
- imperate — (obsolete) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
- in spate — When a river is in spate it contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.
- inchtape — a measuring tape marked out in inches
- ipatieff — Vladimir Nikolaievich (ˈvlædɪmɪə ˌnɪkəˈlaɪəvɪtʃ). 1867–1952, US physicist, born in Russia. He discovered the structure of isoprene (1897) and later developed high-octane fuels
- ipsative — (psychology) denoting a measure that forces an individual to choose among multiple desirable options.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- jephthah — a judge of Israel. Judges 11, 12.
- jetpacks — Plural form of jetpack.
- la porte — a city in NW Indiana.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lap belt — (in a motor vehicle) a seat belt secured to the framework of a seat and fastening across the lap of a driver or a passenger.
- lapidate — to pelt with stones.
- lappeted — Simple past tense and past participle of lappet.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- liparite — a light-coloured, igneous rock made of quartz
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.