8-letter words containing t, a, e
- alveated — resembling the channels of a beehive
- alyattes — king of Lydia c617–560 b.c.
- amalthea — a nymph who brought up the infant Zeus on goats' milk
- amaretti — Italian almond biscuits
- amaretto — an Italian liqueur with a flavour of almonds
- amateurs — Plural form of amateur.
- amberite — a powder made of guncotton, barium nitrate, and paraffin, which does not produce any smoke when ignited
- ambident — (chemistry) Describing a molecule or group that has two alternative and interacting reaction sites, to either of which a bond may be made during a reaction.
- ambiente — atmosphere; ambiance.
- ambients — Plural form of ambient.
- ambivert — a person who is intermediate between an extrovert and an introvert
- ambrette — abelmosk.
- ambulate — to wander about or move from one place to another
- ameerate — a country ruled by an ameer; an emirate
- amethyst — Amethysts are clear purple stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- amidated — to convert into an amide.
- aminated — to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- amirates — Plural form of amirate.
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
- ammeters — Plural form of ammeter.
- 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
- amnestic — causing amnesia
- 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.
- ampliate — enlarged; dilated.
- amputate — To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
- amputees — Plural form of amputee.
- amuletic — having the qualities of a charm
- amusette — a type of light field cannon
- analcite — a white, grey, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of hydrated sodium aluminium silicate in cubic crystalline form. Formula: NaAlSi2O6.H2O
- analecta — Analects.
- analects — selected literary passages from one or more works
- analytes — Plural form of analyte.
- anapaest — a metrical foot of three syllables, the first two short, the last long (◡ ◡ –)
- anapests — Plural form of anapest.
- anatexis — the partial melting of rocks, esp in the formation of metamorphic rocks
- anathema — If something is anathema to you, you strongly dislike it.
- ancaster — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- ancestor — Your ancestors are the people from whom you are descended.
- ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
- anchoret — anchorite.
- ancients — Plural form of ancient.
- and gate — An AND gate is an electrical circuit that combines two signals so that the output is on if both signals are present.