8-letter words containing e, a, r, t
- recanted — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- recaptor — someone who recaptures something that had been taken
- recarpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- recreant — cowardly or craven.
- recreate — to create anew.
- rectally — of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- rectoral — of or relating to God's rule
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- red heat — the temperature of a red-hot body.
- red meat — any meat that is dark-colored before cooking, as beef, lamb, venison, or mutton (distinguished from white meat).
- red star — any star with a low surface temperature and a reddish color, as a red giant or a red dwarf.
- red tape — excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken.
- redacted — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redactor — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- redefeat — to defeat again
- redstart — any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart)
- reduzate — a sediment that has not undergone oxidation, as of coal, oil, sulfur, and sulfides.
- redwater — a disease of cattle caused by the protozoan Babesia (or Piroplasma) bovis, which destroys the red blood cells, characterized by the passage of red or blackish urine. It is transmitted by tick bites
- refasten — to fasten again
- reformat — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- refracts — to subject to refraction.
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- regality — royalty, sovereignty, or kingship.
- regather — to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- regelate — to freeze by regelation.
- regrator — a person who regrates or buys up commodities in advance and sells them for a higher price, esp during a crisis
- regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
- regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- reheater — any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- rejacket — a new covering or jacket, esp for a book
- relating — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relation — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- relative — a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- relaxant — of, relating to, or causing a relaxation.
- relegate — to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
- relevant — bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
- relocate — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- remanent — remaining; left behind.
- remarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- remaster — to make a new master tape or record from an old master tape, usually to improve the fidelity of an old recording.
- remigate — to row
- remittal — a remission.
- remnants — a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- renature — to restore (a denatured substance) to its former, natural state.
- renegate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- renovate — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- reobtain — 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.
- repartee — a quick, witty reply.
- repeated — done, made, or said again and again: repeated attempts.
- repeater — a person or thing that repeats.