8-letter words containing a, t, u, e
- quetzals — Plural form of quetzal.
- quotable — able to be quoted or easily quoted, as by reason of effectiveness, succinctness, or the like: the most quotable book of the season.
- racquets — Plural form of racquet.
- radiguet — Raymond (rɛmɔ̃). 1903–23, French novelist; the author of The Devil in the Flesh (1923) and Count d'Orgel (1924)
- ramentum — a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- raptured — (especially of saints) experiencing religious ecstasy as a result of one's faith.
- raptures — expressions of ecstatic joy
- rathenau — Walther [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1867–1922, German industrialist, writer, and statesman.
- rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
- re-audit — an official examination and verification of accounts and records, especially of financial accounts.
- read out — an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before you sign it.
- read-out — an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before you sign it.
- readjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- rebuttal — an act of rebutting, as in a debate.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- reduzate — a sediment that has not undergone oxidation, as of coal, oil, sulfur, and sulfides.
- regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
- regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- renature — to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
- requital — the act of requiting.
- resalute — to salute or greet again
- retaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- reuptake — the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- routeway — a track, road, waterway, etc, used as a route to somewhere
- rubygate — an Italian political scandal in which Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was accused of paying for sex with a nightclub dancer and of abusing his office
- ruckseat — a seat fixed to or forming part of a rucksack
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- runagate — a fugitive or runaway.
- ruralite — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- rustable — liable to rust
- ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- saboteur — a person who commits or practices sabotage.
- salteaux — a member of a Native Canadian people of Manitoba
- sarraute — Nathalie [na-ta-lee] /na taˈli/ (Show IPA), (Nathalie Ilyanova Tcherniak) 1900–1999, French novelist, born in Russia.
- saturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- sauteing — cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
- sauterne — a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- scituate — a town in E Massachusetts.
- seamount — a submarine mountain rising several hundred fathoms above the floor of the sea but having its summit well below the surface of the water.
- serratus — any of various muscles in the thorax, which produce the appearance of a serrated border by their arrangement
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shea nut — the seed of the shea tree and the source of shea butter.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- situated — Archaic. located; placed; situated.
- soulmate — a person with whom one has a strong affinity, shared values and tastes, and often a romantic bond: I married my soul mate; you don't get much luckier than that.
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.