8-letter words containing t, a, r, e
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- driftage — the action or an amount of drifting.
- drive at — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- drumbeat — the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- e-tailer — the selling of goods and services on the Internet or through email solicitation.
- ear tuft — a tuft of long feathers above the eyes of some owls and other birds that becomes erect when the bird is excited or afraid but is not used in hearing.
- earliest — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- earnests — Plural form of earnest.
- earth up — to cover (part of a plant, esp the stem) with soil in order to protect from frost, light, etc
- earthier — Comparative form of earthy.
- earthily — In an earthy manner.
- earthing — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- earthman — a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthmen — Plural form of earthman.
- earthnut — any of various roots, tubers, or underground growths, as the peanut and the truffle.
- earthpea — the peanut.
- earthset — the apparent setting of the earth below the lunar horizon, as seen from a satellite or similar spacecraft emerging from the far side of the moon
- easterly — moving, directed, or situated toward the east: an easterly course.
- eastward — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- eat crow — any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- eat dirt — any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- eateries — Plural form of eaterie.
- eberhart — Richard, 1904–2005, U.S. poet.
- ectosarc — the ectoplasm of a protozoan (opposed to endosarc).
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- eggcrate — of or resembling a horizontal construction divided by vertical partitions into cell-like areas, used especially for directing downward rays of overhead light: eggcrate ceiling fixtures.
- elaterid — any of the beetles constituting the widely distributed family Elateridae (click beetles). The group includes the wireworms and certain fireflies
- elaterin — An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
- elevator — A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels.
- emigrant — A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.
- emigrate — Leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another.
- emirates — Plural form of emirate.
- empatron — to treat in the manner of a patron
- emulator — A person or thing that emulates.
- enacture — an enactment
- enargite — a sulphide of copper and arsenic
- enaunter — in case that
- encastre — (of a beam) fixed at the ends
- endurant — Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
- enervate — Cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
- engrafts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engraft.
- enneract — (mathematics) A nine-dimensional hypercube.
- enterate — having an intestine separate from the outer wall of the body
- enthrall — Capture the fascinated attention of.
- enthrals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthral.
- entrails — A person or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed.
- entrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entrain.
- entrance — An opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.
- entrants — Plural form of entrant.