8-letter words containing a, u, t, e
- amputate — To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
- amputees — Plural form of amputee.
- amuletic — having the qualities of a charm
- amusette — a type of light field cannon
- anestrus — in the breeding cycle of many mammals, the period of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
- angulate — having angles or an angular shape
- anicetus — Saint, pope a.d. 155?–166?.
- annulate — having, composed of, or marked with rings
- annulets — Plural form of annulet.
- anquetil — Jacques [zhak] /ʒak/ (Show IPA), 1934–87, French cyclist with five victories (1957, 1961–64) in the Tour de France.
- antabuse — a drug, a brand of disulfiram, used in the treatment of alcoholism, that acts by inducing nausea and other unpleasant symptoms following ingestion of alcohol; tetraethylthiuram disulphide
- antidune — a sand hill or inclined bedding plane that forms a steep slope against the direction of a fast-flowing current
- antinuke — opposed to nuclear weapons or energy
- antiqued — An antiqued object is modern but has been made to look like an antique.
- antiquer — a person who alters the appearance of objects to give an antique quality
- antiques — the business of selling antique objects
- antiquey — having the appearance of an antique
- anuretic — relating to an inability to urinate
- aperture — An aperture is a narrow hole or gap.
- aplustre — the ornamental stern on an ancient Greek or Roman ship
- apterium — a bare patch on the skin of a bird between the feathered pterylae
- apterous — (of insects) without wings, as silverfish and springtails
- aptitude — Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and to do it well.
- aquatone — a keep-fit regime in which exercises, both aerobic and strength building, are performed in a swimming pool
- aqueduct — An aqueduct is a long bridge with many arches, which carries a water supply or a canal over a valley.
- aquitted — Misspelling of acquitted.
- arbutean — relating to arbutus, or made from arbutus wood
- arcature — a small-scale arcade
- archlute — a long, large bass lute
- arcuated — Alternative form of arcuate.
- arethusa — a North American orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, having one long narrow leaf and one rose-purple flower fringed with yellow
- argentum — silver. Symbol: Ag.
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- argutely — in an argute manner
- armature — a revolving structure in an electric motor or generator, wound with the coils that carry the current
- arthouse — a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
- asbestus — Mineralogy. a fibrous mineral, either amphibole or chrysotile, formerly used for making incombustible or fireproof articles.
- astutely — of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.
- at issue — The question or point at issue is the question or point that is being argued about or discussed.
- atheneum — (initial capital letter) a sanctuary of Athena at Athens, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, and frequented by poets and scholars.
- attitude — Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
- aubrieta — any of a genus (Aubrieta) of plants of the crucifer family native to the Middle East, with showy, purplish flowers: often grown in rock gardens
- audients — Plural form of audient.
- auditees — Plural form of auditee.
- auditive — a person who learns primarily by listening
- augments — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment.
- augurate — The position or office of an augur.
- auncient — Obsolete form of ancient.
- auntlike — similar to or like an aunt
- aurulent — Gold in color.