8-letter words containing e, a, r, t
- reptilia — the class comprising the reptiles.
- requital — the act of requiting.
- rerepeat — to repeat again
- resalute — to salute or greet again
- resinata — a type of white wine from Greece
- resinate — to treat with resin, as by impregnation.
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonate — to resound.
- rest day — a holiday; a day when people do not have to work
- restable — to put (horses, animals, etc) in a stable again
- restoral — restoration.
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- retackle — to tackle again
- retailer — the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retailor — to make (clothing) suitable for a new person or purpose by changing the details
- retained — to keep possession of.
- retainer — the act of retaining in one's service.
- retarded — characterized by a slowness or limitation in intellectual understanding and awareness, emotional development, academic progress, etc.
- retardee — a retarded person; retardate.
- retarder — a person or thing that retards.
- retarget — to aim toward or calibrate for a different target: to retarget missiles.
- retaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- rethread — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- retiracy — retirement
- retirant — retiree.
- retracer — someone or something which retraces
- retraitt — a portrait
- retroact — to act in opposition; react.
- reuptake — the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.
- revenant — a person who returns.
- rhaetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rice rat — any rat of the genus Oryzomys, having an exceptionally long tail, especially O. palustris, inhabiting rice fields and marshes of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America.
- rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- roadster — an early automobile having an open body, a single seat for two or three persons, and a large trunk or a rumble seat.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- roommate — a person who is assigned to share or shares a room or apartment with another or others.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- rostrate — furnished with a rostrum.
- rosulate — forming a rosette or rosettes.
- rota bed — a bed in an old people's home, reserved for the regular respite care of dependent old people
- rotative — rotating or pertaining to rotation.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- rotifera — the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.
- rotovate — to break up (the surface of the earth, or an area of ground) using a Rotavator
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.