7-letter words containing o, t, e
- estoril — a resort in W Portugal, near Lisbon, on the Atlantic Ocean: noted esp for a famous avenue of palm trees leading to the seafront. Pop: 23 769 (2001)
- estover — (archaic, legal, history) An allowance provided from an estate for a person's support; an allowance of wood for repairs, firewood and fencing.
- estriol — An estrogen that is one of the metabolic products of estradiol.
- estrone — An estrogen similar to but less potent than estradiol.
- estrous — Of, pertaining to, or in a state of estrus.
- etaerio — (botany) An aggregate fruit of achenes, drupes, or follicles.
- etalons — Plural form of etalon.
- ethanol — (organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.
- ethiops — a dark-coloured chemical compound
- ethmoid — A square bone at the root of the nose, forming part of the cranium, and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
- ethoxyl — a univalent radical
- etiolin — a yellow form of chlorophyll particular to plants grown in the dark
- etonian — a pupil of Eton College
- étourdi — foolish
- etymons — Plural form of etymon.
- euratom — short for European Atomic Energy Community; an authority established by the European Economic Community (now the European Union) to develop peaceful uses of nuclear energy
- euroist — a person who is enthusiastic about the adoption of the euro as a currency unit
- euronet — (company) An IAP from Amsterdam, The Netherlands operating since 1994-08-01 and owned by France Telecom since 1998-11-06. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +31 (020) 535 5555. Fax: +31 (020) 535 5400. Address: Herengracht 208-214, 1016 BS Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- eurotax — a tax imposed by the European Union
- eutropy — a regular variation of the crystalline structure of a series of compounds according to atomic number
- evertor — any muscle that turns a part outwards
- evictor — One who evicts.
- evocate — (rare) To evoke.
- evolute — A curve that is the locus of the centers of curvature of another curve (its involute).
- ex voto — in accordance with a vow
- exciton — A mobile concentration of energy in a crystal formed by an excited electron and an associated hole.
- excitor — a nerve that, when stimulated, causes increased activity in the organ or part it supplies
- exhorts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhort.
- exmouth — a town in SW England, in Devon, at the mouth of the River Exe: tourism, fishing. Pop: 32 972 (2001)
- exodist — a person who makes an exodus; an emigrant
- exotica — Objects considered strange or interesting because they are out of the ordinary, especially because they originated in a distant foreign country.
- exotics — Plural form of exotic.
- exploit — Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
- exports — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of export.
- exposit — To expound.
- extorts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extort.
- extropy — The pseudoscientific principle that life will expand indefinitely and in an orderly, progressive way throughout the entire universe by the means of human intelligence and technology.
- eyebolt — A bolt or bar with an eye at the end for attaching a hook or ring to.
- eyeshot — The distance for which one can see.
- eyespot — A light-sensitive pigmented spot on the bodies of invertebrate animals such as flatworms, starfishes, and microscopic crustaceans, and also in some unicellular organisms.
- fadeout — A gradual disappearance.
- fagoted — Simple past tense and past participle of fagot.
- fatsoes — Plural form of fatso.
- feedlot — a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
- felwort — (botany) A European herb, Swertia perennis, of the gentian family.
- fembots — Plural form of fembot.
- festoon — a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- fetlock — the projection of the leg of a horse behind the joint between the cannon bone and great pastern bone, bearing a tuft of hair.
- fidonet — (messaging, networking, history) A worldwide hobbyist network of personal computers which exchanged e-mail, discussion groups, and files. Founded in 1984 and originally consisting only of IBM PCs and compatibles, FidoNet grew to include such diverse machines as Apple IIs, Ataris, Amigas and Unix systems. Though much younger than Usenet, by early 1991 FidoNet had reached a significant fraction of Usenet's size at some 8000 systems.
- filemot — a brown colour like that of a dead leaf