8-letter words containing b, e, a, t
- debitage — lithic debris and discards found at the sites where stone tools and weapons were made.
- debutant — a person who is making a first appearance in a particular capacity, such as a sportsperson playing in a first game for a team
- delibate — to take a small taste of (a liquid)
- diabetes — Diabetes is a medical condition in which someone has too much sugar in their blood.
- diabetic — Diabetic is also an adjective.
- diatribe — A diatribe is an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone's ideas or activities.
- downbeat — the downward stroke of a conductor's arm or baton indicating the first or accented beat of a measure.
- drabbest — Superlative form of drab.
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- drumbeat — the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- dubitate — to doubt or be uncertain
- dubplate — An acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release.
- dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- eatables — edible.
- eberhart — Richard, 1904–2005, U.S. poet.
- ecbatana — an ancient country in W Asia, S of the Caspian Sea, corresponding generally to NW Iran. Capital: Ecbatana.
- editable — (of text or software) in a format that can be edited by the user.
- embattle — Set (an army) in battle array.
- entameba — any of a genus (Entamoeba) of amoebas parasitic in vertebrates, esp. a species (E. histolytica) causing amoebic dysentery
- epiblast — The outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.
- eurybath — an aquatic organism that can live at different depths
- evitable — Possible to avoid; avertible.
- evitably — In an evitable way; avoidably.
- exabytes — Plural form of exabyte.
- excubant — keeping watch; on guard
- extubate — (surgery) To remove a tube from a hollow organ or from an airway.
- fabulate — to tell invented stories; create fables or stories filled with fantasy.
- fan belt — (in automotive vehicles) a belt, driven by the crankshaft of an engine, that turns a fan for drawing cooling air through the radiator.
- farebeat — to illegally avoid paying a fare, as by entering a public bus through the exit door.
- feebates — Plural form of feebate.
- fireboat — a powered vessel equipped to fight fires on boats, docks, shores, etc.
- firebrat — a bristletail, Thermobia domestica, that lives in areas around furnaces, boilers, steampipes, etc.
- fittable — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- flatbeds — Plural form of flatbed.
- flaubert — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1821–80, French novelist.
- fleabite — the bite of a flea.
- gabbiest — Superlative form of gabby.
- gabfests — a gathering at which there is a great deal of conversation.
- gambetta — Léon [ley-awn] /leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1838–82, French statesman.
- gas tube — an electron tube the envelope of which contains a highly rarefied gas.
- get back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- gettable — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- giftable — suitable for a gift.
- gigabyte — a measure of storage capacity equal to 2 30 (1024) bytes.
- glabrate — Zoology. glabrous.
- gustable — Having a taste; capable of being tasted.
- habitude — customary condition or character: a healthy mental habitude.
- habitues — Plural form of habitu\u00e9.
- had best — should, would be wise to
- hatboxes — Plural form of hatbox.