8-letter words containing o, t, e
- alcithoe — a daughter of Minyas who was driven mad for mocking Dionysus.
- aleatory — dependent on chance
- aliquote — Misspelling of aliquot.
- alive to — fully aware of; perceiving
- allocate — If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- allocute — (chiefly, US, legal) To make an allocution.
- allotted — to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
- allottee — a person to whom something is allotted
- allotter — a person who allots
- allotype — an additional type specimen selected because of differences from the original type specimen, such as opposite sex or morphological details
- alouette — French. a lark.
- amaretto — an Italian liqueur with a flavour of almonds
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
- ammocete — ammocoete
- ammonate — ammoniate (def 2).
- ammonite — any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, which were common in Mesozoic times and generally had a coiled partitioned shell. Their closest modern relative is the pearly nautilus
- amniotes — Plural form of amniote.
- amongest — Obsolete form of amongst.
- amoretti — a little cupid.
- amoretto — (esp in painting) a small chubby naked boy representing a cupid
- amortise — amortize
- amortize — In finance, if you amortize a debt, you pay it back in regular payments.
- amounted — the sum total of two or more quantities or sums; aggregate.
- ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- anchoret — anchorite.
- anecdota — unpublished writings
- anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
- anethole — a white water-soluble crystalline substance with a liquorice-like odour, used as a flavouring and a sensitizer in the processing of colour photographs. Formula: CH3CH:CHC6H4OCH3
- angleton — a town in S Texas.
- annotate — If you annotate written work or a diagram, you add notes to it, especially in order to explain it.
- anointed — chosen officially to do an important job
- anointer — One who anoints.
- antelope — An antelope is an animal like a deer, with long legs and horns, that lives in Africa or Asia. Antelopes are graceful and can run fast. There are many different types of antelope.
- anterior — Anterior describes a part of the body that is situated at or towards the front of another part.
- anteroom — An anteroom is a small room leading into a larger room.
- antidote — An antidote is a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison.
- antigone — daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who was condemned to death for cremating the body of her brother Polynices in defiance of an edict of her uncle, King Creon of Thebes
- antihero — An antihero is the main character in a novel, play, or film who is not morally good and does not behave like a typical hero.
- antinode — a point at which the amplitude of one of the two kinds of displacement in a standing wave has maximum value. Generally the other kind of displacement has its minimum value at this point
- antinome — a thing that contradicts or is contrary to another, an opposite
- antipode — the exact or direct opposite
- antipole — the opposite pole
- antipope — a rival pope elected in opposition to one who has been canonically chosen
- antrorse — directed or pointing upwards or forwards
- apertion — (archaic) The act of opening.
- apholate — a chemical used in pesticides which inhibits an organism's reproduction
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- apostate — An apostate is someone who has abandoned their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles.
- apostles — Plural form of apostle.
- apothece — a shop or storehouse