8-letter words containing n, t, e, r
- doctrine — a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government: Catholic doctrines; the Monroe Doctrine.
- dormient — sleeping; dormant.
- downrate — to lower the rate of: to downrate the speed of an economic recovery.
- dragnets — Plural form of dragnet.
- dragonet — any fish of the genus Callionymus, the species of which are small and usually brightly colored.
- driftnet — Alternative spelling of drift net.
- drinketh — Archaic third-person singular form of drink.
- drunkest — Superlative form of drunk.
- dry rent — rent seck.
- drystone — (of a stone wall) built without using mortar.
- earnests — Plural form of earnest.
- earthing — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- earthman — a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthmen — Plural form of earthman.
- earthnut — any of various roots, tubers, or underground growths, as the peanut and the truffle.
- edgerton — Harold Eugene ("Doc") 1903–90, U.S. electrical engineer and photographer.
- efferent — conveying or conducting away from an organ or part (opposed to afferent).
- elaterin — An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
- electron — A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
- emergent — An emergent property.
- emigrant — A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.
- empatron — to treat in the manner of a patron
- en route — on the way
- enacture — an enactment
- enargite — a sulphide of copper and arsenic
- enaunter — in case that
- encastre — (of a beam) fixed at the ends
- encrypts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encrypt.
- endurant — Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
- endureth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endure.
- enervate — Cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
- enfetter — Restrain (someone) with shackles.
- enforest — to make into a forest
- engrafts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engraft.
- enherite — Archaic form of inherit.
- enlister — One who enlists.
- enneract — (mathematics) A nine-dimensional hypercube.
- enormity — The great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong.
- enprints — Plural form of enprint.
- enrooted — Simple past tense and past participle of enroot.
- entender — (obsolete) To make tender.
- entendre — Only used in double entendre.
- enter on — to begin; set out on; start
- enterate — having an intestine separate from the outer wall of the body
- enterics — (biology) Gram-negative eubacteria that inhabit intestines.
- entering — Present participle of enter.
- enthrall — Capture the fascinated attention of.
- enthrals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthral.
- enthrill — (transitive) To pierce; penetrate; run through; stab.
- enthrone — Install (a monarch) on a throne, especially during a ceremony to mark the beginning of their rule.