8-letter words containing e, n, a, t
- constate — to affirm
- contessa — an Italian countess
- contrate — (of gears, esp the gears of watches) having teeth set at a right angle to the axis
- coparent — a fellow parent
- cornuate — (medicine) Being or pertaining to a hornlike structure, as with a bicornuate uterus.
- coronate — to crown (a person)
- cosecant — (of an angle) a trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to that of the opposite side; the reciprocal of sine
- cotenant — a person who holds property jointly or in common with others
- cotquean — a coarse woman
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- covalent — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- covenant — A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law.
- craniate — having a skull or cranium
- creatine — an important metabolite involved in many biochemical reactions and present in many types of living cells
- creating — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- creation — In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- crenated — Crenate.
- ctenidia — any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
- cuneatic — cuneiform; cuneate.
- cyanates — Plural form of cyanate.
- cyanuret — cyanide
- da ponte — Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso), real name Emmanuele Conegliano 1749–1838, Italian writer; Mozart's librettist for The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790)
- daftness — senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- dagestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- daintier — Comparative form of dainty.
- dainties — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- damndest — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- dancette — an ornamental zigzag, as in a molding.
- dancetty — having a zigzag pattern
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- darndest — Alternative spelling of darnedest.
- data pen — a device for reading or scanning magnetically coded data on labels, packets, etc
- dateline — the date and location of a story, placed at the top of an article
- daturine — a poisonous substance found in plants belonging to the Solanaceae family
- davenant — Sir William. 1606–68, English dramatist and poet: poet laureate (1638–68). His plays include Love and Honour (1634)
- daventry — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: light industries, site of an important international radio transmitter. Pop: 21 731 (2001)
- debating — the activity of taking part in debates
- debation — Debating.
- 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
- decadent — If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure.
- decanted — to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decanter — A decanter is a glass container that you use for serving wine, sherry, or port.
- decating — a finishing process for making fabric more lustrous, for improving the tactile quality of the nap, and for setting the material to reduce shrinkage.
- dedicant — a person who devotes or dedicates
- definate — Misspelling of definite.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- dementia — Dementia is a serious illness of the mind.
- denature — to change the nature of
- denegate — (obsolete, transitive) To deny.
- denotate — to denote (something)