8-letter words containing a, t, e, n
- metazoon — (zoology) One of the Metazoa.
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- methanal — formaldehyde.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- minarets — Plural form of minaret.
- miniated — Simple past tense and past participle of miniate.
- mint tea — infusion of mint leaves
- mintages — Plural form of mintage.
- minutiae — Usually, minutiae. precise details; small or trifling matters: the minutiae of his craft.
- misagent — a bad agent
- misatone — to atone wrongly or improperly
- mistaken — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- mitnaged — an orthodox opponent of Chassidism
- mixtecan — a branch of a family of American Indian languages spoken in central Mexico
- monazite — a reddish- or yellowish-brown mineral, a phosphate of cerium and lanthanum, (Ce,La)PO 4 : the principal ore of thorium.
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monstera — any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- montaged — Simple past tense and past participle of montage.
- montages — Plural form of montage.
- montague — (in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) the family name of Romeo. Compare Capulet.
- monteria — a city in N Colombia.
- montreal — a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- mutagens — Plural form of mutagen.
- naartjie — (South Africa) Citrus reticulata, (mandarin, satsuma, tangerine); a soft, loose-skinned tangerine.
- nabataea — an ancient Arab kingdom of SW Asia, in the area of present-day Jordan, that became a Roman province in a.d. 106. Capital: Petra.
- nail set — a short rod of steel used to drive a nail below or flush with a surface.
- nametags — Plural form of nametag.
- nametape — a fabric tape on which a person's name is written, woven, or printed: for affixing to garments and other personal belongings to identify ownership.
- nannette — a feminine name: dim. Nan
- nanotube — A cylindrical molecule of a fullerene.
- nanterre — a department in N France. 63 sq. mi. (163 sq. km). Capital: Nanterre.
- narrated — Simple past tense and past participle of narrate.
- narratee — Someone to whom a story is narrated.
- narrater — a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc.
- narrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of narrate.
- nartjies — Plural form of nartjie.
- nastiest — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- nathalie — a female given name.
- nathless — Alternative form of natheless.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- nattered — Simple past tense and past participle of natter.
- nauseant — producing nausea.
- nauseate — to affect with nausea; sicken.
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- navicert — A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.
- navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- naxalite — a member of an extreme Maoist group in India that originated in 1967 in West Bengal and which employs tactics of agrarian terrorism and direct action
- nazareth — a town in N Israel: the childhood home of Jesus.
- nazarite — (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.
- nazirite — (among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.