8-letter words containing n, t, e
- bretagne — Brittany2
- brethren — You can refer to the members of a particular organization or group, especially a religious group, as brethren.
- brighten — If someone brightens or their face brightens, they suddenly look happier.
- brontide — a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- bronxite — a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.
- bronzite — a type of orthopyroxene often having a metallic or pearly sheen
- brunette — A brunette is a white-skinned woman or girl with dark brown hair.
- bulletin — A bulletin is a short news report on the radio or television.
- bunkmate — a person who sleeps in the same quarters as another
- buntline — one of several lines fastened to the foot of a square sail for hauling it up to the yard when furling
- burgonet — a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- bustline — the shape or size of a woman's bust
- but then — You use but then before a remark which suggests that what you have just said should not be regarded as surprising.
- butanone — a colourless soluble flammable liquid used mainly as a solvent for resins, as a paint remover, and in lacquers, cements, and adhesives. Formula: CH3COC2H5
- butt end — butt1 (defs 1, 2).
- butylene — any of four alkenes, including isobutylene, having the same formula, C4H8, but differing in properties and structure
- c-interp — An interpreter for a small subset of C, originally part of a communications package.
- ca-telon — (application) A Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool for designing, generating and maintaining COBOL and PL/I application programs. Telon was developed by Pansophic Systems who were bought by Computer Associates in 1991, whereupon it was renamed CA-Telon. It supports high-level, non-prodedural design and prototyping, combined with automatic code generation. There are mainframe and PC versions. The generated COBOL applications can execute in AIX, HP-UX, VSE, OS/400 for the AS/400, PC-DOS, or OS/2.
- cabernet — a type of grape
- cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
- caftaned — wearing a caftan
- cake tin — A cake tin is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- calanthe — any of various orchids of the genus Calanthe of the family Orchidaceae, found in tropical areas and having long-lasting yellow, white, or pink flowers
- camstone — a limestone used for whitening stone doorsteps and hearths
- canaster — coarsely broken dried tobacco leaves
- cane rat — a tropical African cavy-like hystricomorph rodent, Thryonomys swinderianus, that lives in swampy regions: family Thryonomyidae
- canidate — Eye dialect of candidate.
- canistel — an evergreen tree, Pouteria campechiana, that is native to Central America and the West Indies
- canister — A canister is a strong metal container. It is used to hold gases or chemical substances.
- canities — greyness or whiteness of hair
- cannoted — a form of ·can not.
- canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
- canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- canteens — Plural form of canteen.
- cantered — an easy gallop.
- canticle — a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches
- cantoned — Simple past tense and past participle of canton.
- canulate — Alternative form of cannulate.
- canzonet — a short, sprightly song
- capetian — a member of the dynasty founded by Hugh Capet, which ruled France from 987–1328 ad
- capstern — Misspelling of capstan.
- capstone — one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
- captaine — Obsolete spelling of captain.
- 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
- casement — A casement or a casement window is a window that opens by means of hinges, usually at the side.
- castanet — either of a pair of concave pieces of wood held in the palm of the hand and clicked together, usually to accompany dancing.