8-letter words containing e, t, c
- backbite — to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
- backdate — If a document or an arrangement is backdated, it is valid from a date before the date when it is completed or signed.
- backlite — (in automotive styling) the rear window of a vehicle.
- backrest — The backrest of a seat or chair is the part which you rest your back on.
- backseat — relating to or taking place on the back seat of a vehicle
- backsets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset.
- bacteria — Bacteria are very small organisms. Some bacteria can cause disease.
- bacterin — a vaccine prepared from bacteria
- baculite — an extinct species of mollusc from the Late Cretaceous period, fossils of which have been found ranging from 7cm to 2m in length
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- balletic — If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet.
- basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
- basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
- bathcube — a cube of soluble scented material for use in a bath
- bathetic — containing or displaying bathos
- bearcats — Plural form of bearcat.
- beatific — A beatific expression shows or expresses great happiness and calmness.
- beatrice — a feminine name: dim. Bea; var. Beatrix
- becarpet — to lay carpet on
- beclothe — to put clothes on (someone)
- beechnut — the small brown triangular edible nut of the beech tree
- bellcote — a small roofed structure for bells
- benchtop — a flat surface area
- benedict — Saint. ?480–?547 ad, Italian monk: founded the Benedictine order at Monte Cassino in Italy in about 540 ad. His Regula Monachorum became the basis of the rule of all Western Christian monastic orders. Feast day: July 11 or March 14
- benefact — to be a benefactor to
- bentinck — Lord William Cavendish. 1774–1839, British statesman, governor general of Bengal (1828–35)
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bethwack — to strike hard with a flat object
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- bisector — a straight line or plane that bisects an angle
- bitbrace — brace (def 3).
- bitchery — spiteful talk
- blackest — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- blackett — Patrick Maynard Stuart, Baron. 1897–1974, English physicist, noted for his work on cosmic radiation and his discovery of the positron. Nobel prize for physics 1948
- bloncket — of a blue-grey colour
- blotched — Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- boatneck — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- bootlace — A bootlace is a long thin cord which is used to fasten a boot.
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- botchery — an instance of botched workmanship
- braccate — (of birds) having feathered legs
- bracelet — A bracelet is a chain or band, usually made of metal, which you wear around your wrist as jewellery.
- brackets — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- bractlet — a small or secondary bract at the base of a flower
- bratchet — a brach or brachet hound
- brattice — a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- brocatel — a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.