8-letter words containing t, e, a
- 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.
- dubitate — to doubt or be uncertain
- dubplate — An acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release.
- dudevant — Madame Amandine Lucile Aurore [French a-mahn-deen ly-seel oh-rawr] /French a mɑ̃ˈdin lüˈsil oʊˈrɔr/ (Show IPA), Sand, George.
- due date — deadline for payment
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- dustheap — a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
- dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- dynamite — A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- e-tailer — the selling of goods and services on the Internet or through email solicitation.
- e-wallet — an electronic device, website, software system, or database that facilitates commercial transactions by storing a consumer's credit card, shipping address, and other payment data.
- 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
- ease out — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- easement — Law. a right held by one property owner to make use of the land of another for a limited purpose, as right of passage.
- east end — a section of E London, England.
- east ham — a former borough, now part of Newham, in SE England, near London.
- easterly — moving, directed, or situated toward the east: an easterly course.
- eastings — Plural form of easting.
- eastlake — Sir Charles Locke, 1836–1906, English architect, designer, and author.
- eastland — James O(liver) 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1941, 1943–78.
- eastlins — in an eastward direction
- eastmain — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing W to James Bay. 510 miles (821 km) long.
- eastmost — easternmost.
- eastside — (US) The east side of a district or city.
- eastward — Also, eastwards. toward the east.
- eastwood — Clint, born 1930, U.S. actor and director.
- eat away — gnaw at, erode
- 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.
- eat into — use or consume part of
- eat shit — to be humble or undergo humiliation
- eatables — edible.
- eaten up — food: finished
- eateries — Plural form of eaterie.
- eberhart — Richard, 1904–2005, U.S. poet.
- ecaudate — having no tail.