8-letter words containing a, t, e, n, i
- definate — Misspelling of definite.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- dementia — Dementia is a serious illness of the mind.
- dentaria — a genus of plant within the family Brassicaceae, in some systems of classification considered identical with the genus Cardimime
- dentinal — the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- derating — Present participle of derate.
- deration — to end rationing of (food, petrol, etc)
- detained — Simple past tense and past participle of detain.
- detainee — A detainee is someone who is held prisoner by a government because of his or her political views or activities.
- detainer — the wrongful withholding of the property of another person
- detrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detrain.
- deviants — Plural form of deviant.
- diactine — a sponge spicule having two rays that develop in different directions from a single point of origin
- diamante — Diamante jewellery is made from small pieces of cut glass which look like diamonds.
- diamonte — A seven-line poem describing two opposite subjects using only adjectives, nouns and participles.
- dianetic — Of or pertaining to dianetics.
- diapente — (in classical Greece) the interval of a perfect fifth
- dicentra — any Asian or North American plant of the genus Dicentra, such as bleeding heart and Dutchman's-breeches, having finely divided leaves and ornamental clusters of drooping flowers: family Fumariaceae
- dimentia — Misspelling of dementia.
- dipteran — dipterous (def 1).
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- divalent — having a valence of two, as the ferrous ion, Fe ++ .
- dominate — to rule over; govern; control.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- dynamite — A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- earthing — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- eastings — Plural form of easting.
- eastlins — in an eastward direction
- eastmain — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing W to James Bay. 510 miles (821 km) long.
- eat into — use or consume part of
- echinate — bristly; prickly.
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- elaterin — An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
- elations — Plural form of elation.
- emigrant — A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.
- enacting — Present participle of enact.
- enaction — The process of enacting something.
- enactive — Having power to enact or establish as a law.
- enargite — a sulphide of copper and arsenic
- enations — Plural form of enation.
- entailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entail.
- entastic — characterized by spasms
- entrails — A person or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed.
- entrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entrain.
- epinasty — (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
- equating — Present participle of equate.
- equation — A statement that the values of two mathematical expressions are equal (indicated by the sign =).
- equitant — (of a leaf) having its base folded and partly enclosing the leaf next above it, as in an iris.
- erastian — of or supporting Thomas Erastus or his doctrines
- eritrean — of or relating to Eritrea or its inhabitants