7-letter words containing a, t
- enthral — (transitive) To hold spellbound; to bewitch, charm or captivate.
- entozoa — Plural form of entozoon.
- entrada — (historical) An armed incursion of Spanish conquistadors into American territories.
- entrail — (archaic) To interweave or bind.
- entrain — Board a train.
- entrant — A person or group that enters, joins, or takes part in something.
- entraps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entrap.
- entreat — Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
- envault — to enclose in a vault; entomb
- epatant — startling or shocking
- epaulet — An ornamental shoulder piece on an item of clothing, typically on the coat or jacket of a military uniform.
- epazote — a common name for Dysphania ambrosioides
- epilate — To remove hair from the body by mechanical, chemical or other means.
- epitaph — A phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone.
- epitaxy — The natural or artificial growth of crystals on a crystalline substrate determining their orientation.
- epurate — to purify
- equated — Simple past tense and past participle of equate.
- equates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equate.
- equator — An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0 °.
- erastus — Thomas(born Thomas Liebler or Lieber) 1524-83; Ger. theologian & physician
- erathem — the stratum of rocks representing a specific geological era
- eretria — an ancient city in Greece, on the S coast of Euboea: founded as an Ionian colony; destroyed by the Persians in 490 bc following which it never regained its former significance
- eritrea — a small country in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: became an Italian colony in 1890; federated with Ethiopia (1952–93); an independence movement was engaged in war with the Ethiopian government from 1961 until independence was gained in 1993; consists of hot and arid coastal lowlands, rising to the foothills of the Ethiopian highlands. Languages: Tigrinya, Arabic, English, Afar, and others. Religions: Muslim and Christian. Currency: nakfa. Capital: Asmara. Pop: 6 233 682 (2013 est). Area: 117 400 sq km (45 300 sq miles)
- erotema — a rhetorical question
- erotica — pornography
- erratic — Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.
- erratum — An error in printing or writing.
- escheat — The reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner’s dying without legal heirs.
- esparto — A coarse grass with tough narrow leaves, native to Spain and North Africa. It is used to make ropes, wickerwork, and high-quality paper.
- estates — Plural form of estate.
- estival — Belonging to or appearing in summer.
- estonia — Baltic state
- estrade — A dais or raised platform.
- estreat — Enforce the forfeit of (a surety for bail or other recognizance).
- estrual — pertaining to estrus
- estuary — The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
- etacism — (grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word 'ate'.
- etaerio — (botany) An aggregate fruit of achenes, drupes, or follicles.
- etagere — A piece of furniture with a number of open shelves for displaying ornaments.
- etailer — An etailer is a person or company that sells products on the Internet.
- étalage — a display
- etalons — Plural form of etalon.
- etamine — a cotton or worsted fabric of loose weave, used for clothing, curtains, etc
- étatist — having the characteristics of étatisme
- etchant — An acid or corrosive chemical used in etching; a mordant.
- eternal — Lasting or existing forever; without end or beginning.
- etesian — Pertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
- ethanal — (organic compound) The IUPAC name for acetaldehyde, rarely used in research or industry.
- ethanol — (organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.
- ethical — Of or relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.