5-letter words containing e, t
- berth — A berth is a bed on a boat, train, or caravan.
- beset — If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
- besht — (Israel ben Eliezer"Besht") c1700–60, Ukrainian teacher and religious leader: founder of the Hasidic movement of Judaism.
- besit — to suit; fit
- besot — to stupefy or muddle by narcotics or infatuation
- besti — shame; embarrassment
- bests — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
- betel — an Asian piperaceous climbing plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed, with the betel nut, by the peoples of SE Asia
- bethe — Hans Albrecht (hans ˈalbrɛçt). 1906–2005, US physicist, born in Germany; noted for his research on astrophysics and nuclear physics: Nobel prize for physics 1967
- béton — a type of concrete prepared in France
- betsy — a feminine name
- betta — any of a genus (Betta) of brightly colored gouramies of Southeast Asia, esp. an aquarium species (B. splendens)
- bette — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- betti — Ugo (ˈuɡo). 1892–1953, Italian writer, noted esp for his plays, including La Padrona (1927), Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia (1949), and La Regina e gli insorte (1951)
- betty — a type of short crowbar
- bewet — to make wet
- bidet — A bidet is a low fixed container in a bathroom which you can use to wash your bottom.
- binet — Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- biter — a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously: That dog is a biter.
- bitte — you're welcome!
- bizet — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1838–75, French composer, whose works include the opera Carmen (1875) and incidental music to Daudet's L'Arlésienne (1872)
- blate — exhibiting corpselike qualities, for example a pallid tone, insensibility, or lack of spirits
- bleat — When a sheep or goat bleats, it makes the sound that sheep and goats typically make.
- blent — blend
- blert — a fool
- blest — bless
- blite — any of a variety of plants in the family Chenopodiaceae, esp Amaranthus blitum
- bluet — a North American rubiaceous plant, Houstonia caerulea, with small four-petalled blue flowers
- boite — a small nightclub, cabaret, or restaurant
- botel — a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- bothe — Walther (Wilhelm Georg Franz) (ˈvaltər). 1891–1957, German physicist, who developed new methods of detecting subatomic particles. He shared the Nobel prize for physics 1954
- botte — a thrust or hit
- bovet — Daniel. 1907–92, Italian pharmacologist, born in Switzerland, noted for his pioneering work on antihistamine drugs. Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1957
- brent — a borough of NW Greater London. Pop: 267 800 (2003 est). Area: 44 sq km (17 sq miles)
- brest — a port in NW France, in Brittany: chief naval station of the country, planned by Richelieu in 1631 and fortified by Vauban. Pop: 148 316 (2006)
- brett — a male or female given name.
- brute — If you call someone, usually a man, a brute, you mean that they are rough, violent, and insensitive.
- buret — a graduated glass tube, commonly having a stopcock at the bottom, used for accurately measuring or measuring out small quantities of liquid.
- buteo — a type of American hawk
- butle — to act as butler
- butte — an isolated steep-sided flat-topped hill
- byest — by1 .
- bytes — adjacent bits, usually eight, processed by a computer as a unit.
- cabet — Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- cadet — A cadet is a young man or woman who is being trained in the armed services or the police.
- capet — Hugh or Hugues (yg). ?938–996 ad, king of France (987–96); founder of the Capetian dynasty
- caret — a symbol (‸) used to indicate the place in written or printed matter at which something is to be inserted
- carte — ˈRichard D'Oyly (ˈdɔɪli ) ; doiˈlē) 1844-1901; Eng. producer of Gilbert & Sullivan operas
- caste — A caste is one of the traditional social classes into which people are divided in a Hindu society.
- catel — (obsolete) property, as distinguished from rent or income.