8-letter words containing e, a, r, t
- exgratia — (chiefly, India) Alternative form of ex gratia.
- expiator — One who makes expiation or atonement.
- expirant — a person who expires
- external — Belonging to or forming the outer surface or structure of something.
- externat — a day school
- extracts — Plural form of extract.
- extrados — The upper or outer curve of an arch.
- extranet — An intranet that can be partially accessed by authorized outside users, enabling businesses to exchange information over the Internet securely.
- extremal — (mathematics) Having to do with extrema.
- eyewater — a lotion for the eyes
- factored — Simple past tense and past participle of factor.
- factures — Plural form of facture.
- faltered — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- far east — the countries of E Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and sometimes adjacent areas.
- far left — of or relating to the extreme left wing
- far west — the area of the U.S. west of the Great Plains.
- farebeat — to illegally avoid paying a fare, as by entering a public bus through the exit door.
- farfetch — (obsolete) Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.
- farmette — (US, informal) A small farm.
- farthest — being at a great distance; remote in time or place: a far country; the far future.
- fastener — any of various devices for fastening.
- fat-free — food: containing no fats
- fathered — a male parent.
- fatherly — of, like, or befitting a father.
- fattener — One who fattens.
- fattrels — a collection of ribbon-ends
- faultier — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- favorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- fear not — You say 'fear not' or 'never fear' to someone when you are telling them not to worry or be frightened.
- feasters — Plural form of feaster.
- feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
- feathery — clothed or covered with feathers; feathered.
- featured — made a feature or highlight; given prominence: a featured article; a featured actor.
- features — a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline.
- federate — federated; allied.
- fellator — to perform fellatio on.
- fenestra — Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- feracity — (obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
- fermatas — Plural form of fermata.
- feterita — a grain sorghum cultivated for grain and forage.
- figeater — green June beetle.
- figurate — Forming a figure.
- filature — the act of forming into threads.
- filtrate — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- fine art — a visual art considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposes and judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics, and architecture.
- finestra — an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- fire ant — any of several omnivorous ants, as the migrant Solenopsis geminata originating in tropical and subtropical South America, having a sting that produces a burning sensation.
- fire hat — a helmet worn by a firefighter as a defense against falling materials from burning structures.
- 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.