8-letter words containing b, e, t, a, i
- debation — Debating.
- debitage — lithic debris and discards found at the sites where stone tools and weapons were made.
- 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.
- dubitate — to doubt or be uncertain
- dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- editable — (of text or software) in a format that can be edited by the user.
- epiblast — The outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.
- evitable — Possible to avoid; avertible.
- evitably — In an evitable way; avoidably.
- 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.
- fleabite — the bite of a flea.
- gabbiest — Superlative form of gabby.
- giftable — suitable for a gift.
- gigabyte — a measure of storage capacity equal to 2 30 (1024) bytes.
- habitude — customary condition or character: a healthy mental habitude.
- habitues — Plural form of habitu\u00e9.
- hebraist — a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- hittable — (of a ball or pitch) capable of being hit
- iceboats — Plural form of iceboat.
- imitable — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- instable — not stable; unstable.
- intubate — to insert a tube into (the larynx or the like).
- jacobite — a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts.
- jubilate — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- kabinett — cabinet (def 10).
- labiated — having a lip or lips
- labiates — Plural form of labiate.
- laborite — a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- libelant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
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- libertas — the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- librated — Simple past tense and past participle of librate.
- lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- liftable — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- listable — That can be listed.
- megabits — Plural form of megabit.
- meta bit — (character) The most-signigicant bit of an 8-bit character, which is on in character values 128--255. Also called the high bit, "alt bit" (alternate bit) or hobbit. Some terminals and consoles (see space-cadet keyboard) have a META shift key. Others (including, *mirabile dictu*, keyboards on IBM PC-class machines) have an ALT key. See also bucky bits. Historical note: although, in modern usage shaped by a universe of 8-bit bytes, the meta bit is invariably hex 80 (octal 0200), things were different on earlier machines with 36-bit words and 9-bit bytes. The MIT and Stanford keyboards (see space-cadet keyboard) generated hex 100 (octal 400) from their meta keys.
- obeisant — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- obligate — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obtained — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- obtainer — One who obtains.
- obviated — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- obviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obviate.