8-letter words containing e
- absolves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absolve.
- absorbed — If you are absorbed in something or someone, you are very interested in them and they take up all your attention and energy.
- absorber — a person or thing that absorbs
- absterge — to wipe clean or cleanse
- abstrude — (transitive) To thrust away.
- abstruse — You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
- absurder — Comparative form of absurd.
- abu-bekr — 573–634 ad, companion and father-in-law of Mohammed; the first caliph of Islam
- abumeron — Avenzoar.
- abusable — able to be abused
- abuseful — (rare) Full of abuse; abusive.
- abutment — the state or process of abutting
- abutters — Plural form of abutter.
- academes — the campus activity, life, and interests of a college or university; the academic world.
- academia — Academia refers to all the academics in a particular country or region, the institutions they work in, and their work.
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- academus — an Arcadian whose estate became a meeting place for Athenian philosophers.
- acapella — Alternative spelling of a cappella.
- acarbose — a type of diabetes medicine taken orally to slow and reduce the supply of glucose to the blood.
- acaudate — (biology, zoology) Tailless.
- acauline — having no stem
- acceding — to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- accended — Simple past tense and past participle of accend.
- accented — Language or speech that is accented is spoken with a particular accent.
- accentor — any small sparrow-like songbird of the genus Prunella, family Prunellidae, which inhabit mainly mountainous regions of Europe and Asia
- accepted — Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
- acceptee — a person who has been accepted, or has accepted a position
- accepter — a person or thing that accepts.
- acceptor — the person or organization on which a draft or bill of exchange is drawn after liability has been accepted, usually by signature
- accessed — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- accesses — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- accessor — Someone or something that accesses.
- accident — An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
- accolade — If someone is given an accolade, something is done or said about them which shows how much people admire them.
- accorded — to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
- accorder — (rare) One who accords.
- accosted — (of animals) represented as side by side: two dolphins accosted.
- accouche — (transitive) To aid in an accouchement.
- accouter — to outfit; equip, esp. for military service
- accoutre — to provide with equipment or dress, esp military
- accredit — If an educational qualification or institution is accredited, it is officially declared to be of an approved standard.
- accresce — (rare, intransitive) To accrue.
- accreted — to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to).
- accretes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accrete.
- accurate — careful and exact
- accurize — to improve the accuracy of (a firearm).
- accursed — Some people use accursed to describe something which they are very annoyed about.
- accuseds — charged with a crime, wrongdoing, fault, etc.: the accused boy.
- accusers — Plural form of accuser.
- accusive — Accusative.