8-letter words containing n, a, t, i, e
- tenacity — the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence: the amazing tenacity of rumors.
- tenaille — a low outwork in the main ditch between two bastions
- teniasis — infestation with tapeworms.
- tenurial — the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
- teraglin — an edible marine fish, Zeluco atelodus, of Australia which has fine scales and is blue in colour
- teresian — a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- teresina — a state in NE Brazil. 96,860 sq. mi. (250,870 sq. km). Capital: Teresina.
- terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- terrapin — any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- tetanise — to induce tetanus in (a muscle).
- tetanize — to induce tetanus in (a muscle).
- tetanoid — Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw. Compare lockjaw.
- teucrian — of or relating to the ancient Trojans.
- thalline — a chemical compound used for medicinal purposes
- the niña — one of the three ships commanded by Columbus in 1492
- the wain — Charles's Wain
- theatine — a member of a congregation of regular clerics, founded in Italy in 1524 to combat Protestantism and promote higher morality among Roman Catholics.
- thebaine — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 19 H 21 NO 3 , present in opium in small quantities, but having a strychninelike rather than a narcotic effect.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- thiamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
- thiazine — any of a class of compounds containing a ring composed of one atom each of sulfur and nitrogen and four atoms of carbon.
- thionate — any salt or ester of thionic acid
- tiberian — of or relating to the emperor Tiberius.
- tideland — land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.
- tidesman — a Customs official at a port
- tiffanie — a breed of cat with semi-long hair, having a white undercoat with the ends coloured
- timespan — a span of time; time frame.
- tirolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- titanate — a salt of titanic acid.
- titaness — a female Titan
- titanite — sphene.
- tonalite — an igneous rock found in the Italian Alps
- topazine — like topaz
- touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- trade in — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- trade-in — goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase: We used our old car as a trade-in for the new one.
- trainers — shoes that people wear, especially for running and other sports
- tramline — a streetcar system.
- transire — a document allowing goods to pass through customs
- transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- trapline — the ensnaring filament of a spider's web.
- treenail — a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- triangle — a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- triazine — any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
- triplane — an aeroplane having three wings arranged one above the other
- triptane — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
- tunicate — Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.
- tweaking — to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.
- twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
- tyramine — an amine, C 8 H 11 NO, abundant in ripe cheese as a breakdown product of tyrosine by removal of the carboxyl group (COOH).