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8-letter words containing t, e, a, c

  • backsets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset.
  • bacteria — Bacteria are very small organisms. Some bacteria can cause disease.
  • bacterin — a vaccine prepared from bacteria
  • baculite — an extinct species of mollusc from the Late Cretaceous period, fossils of which have been found ranging from 7cm to 2m in length
  • balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
  • balletic — If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet.
  • basecoat — a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
  • basilect — (in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
  • bathcube — a cube of soluble scented material for use in a bath
  • bathetic — containing or displaying bathos
  • bearcats — Plural form of bearcat.
  • beatific — A beatific expression shows or expresses great happiness and calmness.
  • beatrice — a feminine name: dim. Bea; var. Beatrix
  • becarpet — to lay carpet on
  • benefact — to be a benefactor to
  • betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
  • bethwack — to strike hard with a flat object
  • biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
  • bitbrace — brace (def 3).
  • blackest — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
  • blackett — Patrick Maynard Stuart, Baron. 1897–1974, English physicist, noted for his work on cosmic radiation and his discovery of the positron. Nobel prize for physics 1948
  • bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
  • boatneck — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
  • bootlace — A bootlace is a long thin cord which is used to fasten a boot.
  • boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
  • braccate — (of birds) having feathered legs
  • bracelet — A bracelet is a chain or band, usually made of metal, which you wear around your wrist as jewellery.
  • brackets — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
  • bractlet — a small or secondary bract at the base of a flower
  • bratchet — a brach or brachet hound
  • brattice — a partition of wood or treated cloth used to control ventilation in a mine
  • brocatel — a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
  • 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.
  • cabarets — Plural form of cabaret.
  • cabernet — a type of grape
  • cabestro — a halter made from horsehair
  • cabinets — Plural form of cabinet.
  • cable tv — a television system in which a high antenna and one or more dish antennas receive signals from distant and local stations, electronic satellite relays, etc. and transmit them by direct cable to the receivers of persons subscribing to the system
  • cabotage — coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
  • cabretta — a soft leather obtained from the skins of certain South American or African sheep
  • cachepot — an ornamental container for a flowerpot
  • cachette — A hidden nook; a hiding place.
  • cactuses — Plural form of cactus.
  • cadaster — an official register showing details of ownership, boundaries, and value of real property in a district, made for taxation purposes
  • cadastre — public record of the extent, value, and ownership of land within a district for purposes of taxation
  • caecitis — an inflammation of the caecum
  • cafestol — A diterpene molecule present in coffee.
  • caftaned — wearing a caftan
  • cake tin — A cake tin is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
  • calamite — any extinct treelike plant of the genus Calamites, of Carboniferous times, related to the horsetails
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