8-letter words containing t, e, u
- besought — beseech
- besuited — wearing a suit
- betelnut — the seed of the betel palm, chewed with betel leaves and lime by people in S and SE Asia as a digestive stimulant and narcotic
- bettinus — a crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (96 km) in diameter.
- beyrouth — Beirut.
- bijugate — (of compound leaves) having two pairs of leaflets
- blanquet — a variety of French pear
- bleuatre — blueish
- blowtube — a tube used for blowing air or oxygen into a flame to intensify its heat
- blue jet — a faint discharge of blue light from the top of a thunderstorm cloud that propagates upward: extends approximately from the bottom to the top of the stratosphere and is not detectable from the ground.
- blue tit — A blue tit is a small European bird with a blue head, wings, and tail, and a yellow front.
- bluebeat — a type of West Indian pop music of the 1960s; a precursor of reggae
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- bluestem — a name applied to a number of North American prairie grasses
- bluetick — a type of coonhound commonly bred in the southern United States
- blunkett — David, Baron. born 1947, British Labour politician: home secretary (2001–04)
- blustery — Blustery weather is rough, windy, and often rainy, with the wind often changing in strength or direction.
- boethius — Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad, Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae. He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric
- boughten — bought at a store and not homemade
- bountied — offering a bounty.
- bourtree — the elder-tree
- boutique — A boutique is a small shop that sells fashionable clothes, shoes, or jewellery.
- boutonné — reserved or reticent
- braunite — a brown or black mineral that consists of manganese oxide and silicate and is a source of manganese. Formula: 3Mn2O3.MnSiO3
- breadnut — a moraceous tree, Brosimum alicastrum, of Central America and the Caribbean
- breakout — If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
- brunette — A brunette is a white-skinned woman or girl with dark brown hair.
- bucketed — a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
- budapest — the capital of Hungary, on the River Danube: formed in 1873 from the towns of Buda and Pest. Traditionally Buda, the old Magyar capital, was the administrative and Pest the trade centre: suffered severely in the Russian siege of 1945 and in the unsuccessful revolt against the Communist regime (1956). Pop: 1 719 342 (2003 est)
- budgeted — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- budgeter — a person who budgets
- buffeted — a blow, as with the hand or fist.
- bulleted — a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.
- bulletin — A bulletin is a short news report on the radio or television.
- bulliest — a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
- bumsters — trousers cut so that the top lies just above the cleft of the buttocks
- bunkmate — a person who sleeps in the same quarters as another
- buntline — one of several lines fastened to the foot of a square sail for hauling it up to the yard when furling
- burgonet — a light 16th-century helmet, usually made of steel, with hinged cheekpieces
- burletta — a type of comic opera
- burstone — any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- bush tea — a leguminous shrub of the genus Cyclopia, of southern Africa
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- bustline — the shape or size of a woman's bust
- but then — You use but then before a remark which suggests that what you have just said should not be regarded as surprising.
- butanone — a colourless soluble flammable liquid used mainly as a solvent for resins, as a paint remover, and in lacquers, cements, and adhesives. Formula: CH3COC2H5
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- butchest — butch haircut.
- butt end — butt1 (defs 1, 2).
- buttered — having had butter spread over or applied to it