8-letter words containing n, t, e
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- ballonet — an air or gas compartment in a balloon or nonrigid airship, used to control buoyancy and shape
- bandelet — a small band of any kind, particularly one worn around the head
- bandmate — a fellow member of a band
- bandster — a person who goes behind a reaper and binds sheaves of wheat
- bangster — a ruffian; thug
- banister — A banister is a rail supported by posts and fixed along the side of a staircase. The plural banisters can be used to refer to one of these rails.
- banknote — Banknotes are pieces of paper money.
- bankster — a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal
- banneret — a knight who was entitled to command other knights and men-at-arms under his own banner
- banquets — Plural form of banquet.
- banstead — a town in S England, in NE Surrey. Pop: 19 332 (2001)
- bantengs — Plural form of banteng.
- bantered — Simple past tense and past participle of banter.
- banterer — One who banters.
- baritone — In music, a baritone is a man with a fairly deep singing voice that is lower than that of a tenor but higher than that of a bass.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- barytone — having the last syllable unaccented
- basanite — a black basaltic rock containing plagioclase, augite, olivine, and nepheline, leucite, or analcite, formerly used as a touchstone
- basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bastogne — a town in SE Belgium: of strategic importance to Allied defences during the Battle of the Bulge; besieged by the Germans during the winter of 1944–45. Pop: 14 070 (2004 est)
- batement — reduction; abatement
- battened — Simple past tense and past participle of batten.
- battener — someone who flourishes, grows fat, is strengthened
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- bean pot — a heavy, covered crockery or metal pot, suitable for the slow cooking of beans, stews, etc.
- beantown — Boston
- beat man — district man.
- beatdown — A physical beating or assault.
- beathing — Present participle of beath.
- beatings — Plural form of beating.
- beatniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- bedstand — a bedside table
- bedstone — A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.
- beechnut — the small brown triangular edible nut of the beech tree
- beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- begotten — Begotten is the past participle of beget.
- behistun — a village in W Iran by the ancient road from Ecbatana to Babylon. On a nearby cliff is an inscription by Darius in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian describing his enthronement
- beknight — to esteem
- belitong — Billiton.
- belitung — island of Indonesia, in the Java Sea, between Borneo & Sumatra: 1,866 sq mi (4,833 sq km)
- belmonte — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), 1893–1962, Spanish matador.
- belt man — a worker responsible for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of machine belts.
- beltline — a line separating a car's windows from the main body
- benchtop — a flat surface area
- benedict — Saint. ?480–?547 ad, Italian monk: founded the Benedictine order at Monte Cassino in Italy in about 540 ad. His Regula Monachorum became the basis of the rule of all Western Christian monastic orders. Feast day: July 11 or March 14
- benefact — to be a benefactor to