5-letter words containing a, t, e
- athel — a male given name.
- atmen — the principle of life.
- atoke — a part of a worm, of the class Polychaeta, which has no sexual characteristics or is incapable of sexual procreation
- atole — A thick drink or thin gruel made from cornmeal.
- atone — If you atone for something that you have done, you do something to show that you are sorry you did it.
- atrek — a river arising in NE Iran, flowing W, then along the Iran-Turkmenistan border, and through Turkmenistan into the Caspian Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- atter — (archaic, or, UK dialectal) Poison, venom, especially of a venomous animal.
- auget — (mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.
- avert — If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
- axite — a type of smokeless gunpowder
- azote — nitrogen
- aztec — a member of a Mexican Indian people who established a great empire, centred on the valley of Mexico, that was overthrown by Cortés and his followers in the early 16th century
- baste — If you baste meat, you pour hot fat and the juices from the meat itself over it while it is cooking.
- bated — (of breath) held
- bates — Sir Alan (Arthur). 1934–2003, British film and stage actor. His films include A Kind of Loving (1962), Women in Love (1969), The Go-Between (1971), and The Cherry Orchard (1999)
- bathe — If you bathe in a sea, river, or lake, you swim, play, or wash yourself in it. Birds and animals can also bathe.
- beast — You can refer to an animal as a beast, especially if it is a large, dangerous, or unusual one.
- beath — to heat, esp unseasoned wood in order to straighten it
- beats — Plural form of beat.
- beaty — (of music) having a strong rhythm
- beaut — You describe someone or something as a beaut when you think they are very good.
- begat — simple past tense of beget.
- bepat — to pat
- berat — a city in S central Albania.
- betta — any of a genus (Betta) of brightly colored gouramies of Southeast Asia, esp. an aquarium species (B. splendens)
- blate — exhibiting corpselike qualities, for example a pallid tone, insensibility, or lack of spirits
- bleat — When a sheep or goat bleats, it makes the sound that sheep and goats typically make.
- cabet — Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- cadet — A cadet is a young man or woman who is being trained in the armed services or the police.
- capet — Hugh or Hugues (yg). ?938–996 ad, king of France (987–96); founder of the Capetian dynasty
- caret — a symbol (‸) used to indicate the place in written or printed matter at which something is to be inserted
- carte — ˈRichard D'Oyly (ˈdɔɪli ) ; doiˈlē) 1844-1901; Eng. producer of Gilbert & Sullivan operas
- caste — A caste is one of the traditional social classes into which people are divided in a Hindu society.
- catel — (obsolete) property, as distinguished from rent or income.
- cater — In British English, to cater for a group of people means to provide all the things that they need or want. In American English, you say you cater to a person or group of people.
- cates — choice dainty food; delicacies
- cesta — (in jai alai) the long basket used to throw and catch the ball
- ceuta — an enclave in Morocco on the Strait of Gibraltar, consisting of a port and military station: held by Spain since 1580. Pop: 74 931 (2003 est)
- chate — (Scotland) To cheat.
- cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- cleat — A cleat is a kind of hook with two ends which is used to hold ropes, especially on sailing boats.
- coate — Obsolete form of coat.
- crate — A crate is a large box used for transporting or storing things.
- creat — An usher to a riding master.
- dalet — The fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- dante — full name Dante Alighieri (Italian aliˈɡjɛːri). 1265–1321, Italian poet famous for La Divina Commedia (?1309–?1320), an allegorical account of his journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided by Virgil and his idealized love Beatrice. His other works include La Vita Nuova (?1292), in which he celebrates his love for Beatrice
- dated — Dated things seem old-fashioned, although they may once have been fashionable or modern.
- datel — a British Telecom service providing for the direct transmission of data from one computer to another
- dater — a person who marks something with a date
- dates — the years of a person's birth and death