8-letter words containing t, e, a
- cut rate — a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- cut-rate — Cut-rate goods or services are cheaper than usual.
- cuttable — capable of being cut
- cutwater — the forward part of the stem of a vessel, which cuts through the water
- cyanates — Plural form of cyanate.
- cyanuret — cyanide
- cytaster — aster.
- cytherea — Aphrodite
- d'albert — Eugen [German oi-geyn] /German ɔɪˈgeɪn/ (Show IPA), or Eugène [French œ-zhen] /French œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), Francis Charles, 1864–1932, German-French pianist and composer, born in Scotland.
- da ponte — Lorenzo (loˈrɛntso), real name Emmanuele Conegliano 1749–1838, Italian writer; Mozart's librettist for The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790)
- dabsters — Plural form of dabster.
- daftness — senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- dagestan — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- dagobert — a Merovingian King of the Franks, who lived c.603-639, and made Paris his capital
- daintier — Comparative form of dainty.
- dainties — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- damastes — Procrustes.
- damewort — Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous mustard.
- damietta — a town in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta: important medieval commercial centre
- damndest — the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- dancette — an ornamental zigzag, as in a molding.
- dancetty — having a zigzag pattern
- danewort — a caprifoliaceous shrub, Sambucus ebulus, native to Europe and Asia and having serrated leaves and white flowers
- darbyite — a member of the Plymouth Brethren.
- darndest — Alternative spelling of darnedest.
- data pen — a device for reading or scanning magnetically coded data on labels, packets, etc
- data set — a collection of data records for computer processing.
- database — A database is a collection of data that is stored in a computer and that can easily be used and added to.
- datacube — Alternative spelling of data cube.
- dataller — a worker paid by the day
- datasets — Plural form of dataset.
- dateable — a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen: July 4, 1776 was the date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- datebook — a notebook in which a person keeps a personal record of daily events, appointments, etc
- dateless — likely to remain fashionable, relevant, or interesting regardless of age; timeless
- dateline — the date and location of a story, placed at the top of an article
- datepalm — Alternative spelling of date palm.
- datolite — a colourless mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium and boron in monoclinic crystalline form, occurring in cavities in igneous rocks. Formula: CaBSiO4(OH)
- daturine — a poisonous substance found in plants belonging to the Solanaceae family
- daughter — Someone's daughter is their female child.
- davenant — Sir William. 1606–68, English dramatist and poet: poet laureate (1638–68). His plays include Love and Honour (1634)
- daventry — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: light industries, site of an important international radio transmitter. Pop: 21 731 (2001)
- daytaler — a worker who is appointed and paid on a daily basis
- daytimes — Plural form of daytime.
- de facto — De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing.
- dead set — absolutely
- deadbeat — If you refer to someone as a deadbeat, you are criticizing them because you think they are lazy and do not want to be part of ordinary society.
- deadbolt — a locking bolt that is turned by the key rather than a spring
- deadlift — a type of lift where the weight or barbell is lifted off the ground until the lifter is standing up straight
- deaerate — to take air out of (something)
- deal out — If someone deals out a punishment or harmful action, they punish or harm someone.