8-letter words containing a, u, t, e
- austerer — Comparative form of austere.
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- autocade — a procession or parade of automobiles; motorcade.
- autocide — suicide by crashing the vehicle one is driving.
- autocode — (language) 1. The assembly language accepted by AUTOCODER. 2. A generic term for symbolic assembly language. Versions of Autocode were developed for Ferranti Atlas, Titan, Mercury and Pegasus and IBM 702 and IBM 705.
- autodyne — denoting or relating to an electrical circuit in which the same elements and valves are used as oscillator and detector
- autofire — (video games) A feature on a joystick that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
- autolyse — to undergo or cause to undergo autolysis
- autolyze — to affect with or undergo autolysis
- automate — To automate a factory, office, or industrial process means to put in machines which can do the work instead of people.
- automize — To automate or automatize.
- autosave — a function on a computer that automatically saves data at regular intervals
- autosome — any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome
- autotest — a motor race in which standard cars are driven around a racing circuit
- autotune — a software package that automatically manipulates a recording of a vocal track until it is in tune regardless of whether or not the original performance was in tune
- autotype — a photographic process for producing prints in black and white, using a carbon pigment
- autozero — Autozeroing.
- autunite — a yellowish fluorescent radioactive mineral consisting of a hydrated calcium uranium phosphate in tetragonal crystalline form. It is found in uranium ores. Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2.10–12H2O
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- aventure — (obsolete) Accident; chance; adventure.
- awfulest — Superlative form of awful.
- baculite — an extinct species of mollusc from the Late Cretaceous period, fossils of which have been found ranging from 7cm to 2m in length
- baguette — A baguette is a type of long, thin, white bread which is traditionally made in France.
- baluster — any of a set of posts supporting a rail or coping
- banquets — Plural form of banquet.
- barrulet — a narrow band across a heraldic shield, taking up one twentieth of the shield's height
- bateleur — a common African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus, having a very short tail.
- bathcube — a cube of soluble scented material for use in a bath
- bayreuth — a city in E Germany, in NE Bavaria: home and burial place of Richard Wagner; annual festivals of his music. Pop: 74 818 (2003 est)
- bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
- beat out — If you beat out sounds on a drum or similar instrument, you make the sounds by hitting the instrument.
- beat-out — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- beauport — city in S Quebec, Canada: suburb of Quebec City: pop. 73,000
- beauties — the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
- beautify — If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
- bequeath — If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die.
- bijugate — (of compound leaves) having two pairs of leaflets
- blanquet — a variety of French pear
- bleuatre — blueish
- bluebeat — a type of West Indian pop music of the 1960s; a precursor of reggae
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- braunite — a brown or black mineral that consists of manganese oxide and silicate and is a source of manganese. Formula: 3Mn2O3.MnSiO3
- breadnut — a moraceous tree, Brosimum alicastrum, of Central America and the Caribbean
- breakout — If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
- budapest — the capital of Hungary, on the River Danube: formed in 1873 from the towns of Buda and Pest. Traditionally Buda, the old Magyar capital, was the administrative and Pest the trade centre: suffered severely in the Russian siege of 1945 and in the unsuccessful revolt against the Communist regime (1956). Pop: 1 719 342 (2003 est)
- bunkmate — a person who sleeps in the same quarters as another
- burletta — a type of comic opera