8-letter words containing n, a, t, e, r
- bramante — Donato (doˈnato). ?1444–1514, Italian architect and artist of the High Renaissance. He modelled his designs for domed centrally planned churches on classical Roman architecture
- braunite — a brown or black mineral that consists of manganese oxide and silicate and is a source of manganese. Formula: 3Mn2O3.MnSiO3
- breadnut — a moraceous tree, Brosimum alicastrum, of Central America and the Caribbean
- brentano — Clemens (Maria) (ˈkleːmənz). 1778–1842, German romantic poet and compiler of fairy stories and folk songs esp (with Achim von Arnim) the collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–08)
- bretagne — Brittany2
- cabernet — a type of grape
- canaster — coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves
- cane rat — a tropical African cavy-like hystricomorph rodent, Thryonomys swinderianus, that lives in swampy regions: family Thryonomyidae
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- cantered — an easy gallop.
- capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
- carcanet — a jewelled collar or necklace
- carinate — having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carotene — any of four orange-red isomers of an unsaturated hydrocarbon present in many plants (β-carotene is the orange pigment of carrots) and converted to vitamin A in the liver. Formula: C40H56
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- caterans — Plural form of cateran.
- caterina — a female given name, form of Catherine.
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- centaurs — Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- centeral — Misspelling of central.
- centiare — a unit of area equal to one square metre
- centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- centrale — (anatomy) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or tarsus. In the human tarsus it is represented by the navicular.
- cernauti — a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- chanters — Plural form of chanter.
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- charente — a department of W central France, in Poitou-Charentes region. Capital: Angoulême. Pop: 341 275 (2003 est). Area: 5972 sq km (2329 sq miles)
- cisterna — a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
- citrange — a hybrid orange
- clarinet — A clarinet is a musical instrument of the woodwind family in the shape of a pipe. You play the clarinet by blowing into it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.
- coltrane — John (William). 1926–67, US jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer
- 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)
- courante — an old dance in quick triple time
- 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.
- cyanuret — cyanide
- daintier — Comparative form of dainty.
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- darndest — Alternative spelling of darnedest.
- daturine — a poisonous substance found in plants belonging to the Solanaceae family
- daventry — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: light industries, site of an important international radio transmitter. Pop: 21 731 (2001)