8-letter words containing b, e, a, t
- browbeat — If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.
- 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
- bush tea — a leguminous shrub of the genus Cyclopia, of southern Africa
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- butanone — a colourless soluble flammable liquid used mainly as a solvent for resins, as a paint remover, and in lacquers, cements, and adhesives. Formula: CH3COC2H5
- butthead — a stupid person
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- butyrate — any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO–
- by heart — If you know something such as a poem by heart, you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it.
- by water — by ship or boat
- cabarets — Plural form of cabaret.
- cabernet — a type of grape
- cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- cable tv — a television system in which a high antenna and one or more dish antennas receive signals from distant and local stations, electronic satellite relays, etc. and transmit them by direct cable to the receivers of persons subscribing to the system
- cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
- cabretta — a soft leather obtained from the skins of certain South American or African sheep
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- carburet — to combine or mix (a gas) with carbon or carbon compounds
- cartable — Able to be carted or carried.
- castable — able to be cast; suitable for casting
- catbrier — any prickly vines of the genus Smilax, such as greenbrier
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- citeable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- clubmate — A person who is in the same club as another person.
- cohobate — to redistil (a distillate), esp by allowing it to mingle with the remaining matter
- combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combater — One who combats.
- costable — For which a monetary cost may be assessed.
- crabmeat — Crabmeat is the part of a crab that you eat.
- cubature — the determination of the cubic contents of something
- cuttable — capable of being cut
- d'albert — Eugen [German oi-geyn] /German ɔɪˈgeɪn/ (Show IPA), or Eugène [French œ-zhen] /French œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), Francis Charles, 1864–1932, German-French pianist and composer, born in Scotland.
- dabsters — Plural form of dabster.
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- darbyite — a member of the Plymouth Brethren.
- database — A database is a collection of data that is stored in a computer and that can easily be used and added to.
- datacube — Alternative spelling of data cube.
- dateable — a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen: July 4, 1776 was the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- datebook — a notebook in which a person keeps a personal record of daily events, appointments, etc
- deadbeat — If you refer to someone as a deadbeat, you are criticizing them because you think they are lazy and do not want to be part of ordinary society.
- deadbolt — a locking bolt that is turned by the key rather than a spring
- dealbate — having a white exterior or covering
- deathbed — If someone is on their deathbed, they are in a bed and about to die.
- debaters — Plural form of debater.
- debating — the activity of taking part in debates
- debation — Debating.