8-letter words containing y, a, t, e
- bay tree — laurel (def 1).
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- bayreuth — a city in E Germany, in NE Bavaria: home and burial place of Richard Wagner; annual festivals of his music. Pop: 74 818 (2003 est)
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- beautify — If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
- bed tray — a meal tray with legs or supports at each end to fit across the lap of a person who is sitting up in bed.
- bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
- beta ray — a stream of beta particles
- betrayal — A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.
- betrayed — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- betrayer — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- blankety — a euphemism for any taboo word
- blantyre — a city in S Malawi: includes the former town of Limbe.
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- butyrate — any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO–
- by heart — If you know something such as a poem by heart, you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it.
- by water — by ship or boat
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- calypter — a bastard wing or alula
- cat-eyed — having eyes resembling those of a cat.
- catalyse — If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catalyze — If something catalyzes a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- catolyte — the part of the electrolyte that surrounds the cathode in an electrolytic cell
- cattleya — any tropical American orchid of the genus Cattleya, cultivated for their purplish-pink or white showy flowers
- cemetary — Misspelling of cemetery.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- centiday — One one-hundredth (1/100) of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
- chanteys — Plural form of chantey.
- chastely — refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- chattery — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
- cheatery — the act of cheating or deceiving
- clackety — A clacking sound suggesting mechanical motion, as of a railway train.
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.
- clypeate — shaped like a round shield
- cometary — a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- cottagey — of or resembling a cottage
- creatify — To edit, rewrite, and/or revise standard text using creative writing tools and techniques.
- cyanates — Plural form of cyanate.
- cyanuret — cyanide
- cytaster — aster.
- cytherea — Aphrodite
- dancetty — having a zigzag pattern
- darbyite — a member of the Plymouth Brethren.
- 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.