7-letter words containing ate
- of late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- oleates — Plural form of oleate.
- ominate — (obsolete) To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken.
- operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- opiated — Simple past tense and past participle of opiate.
- opiates — Plural form of opiate.
- or gate — a circuit that is energized when any of its inputs are energized.
- ornated — Simple past tense and past participle of ornate.
- ostiate — characterized by having ostia
- outdate — to put out of date; make antiquated or obsolete: The advent of the steamship outdated sailing ships as commercial carriers.
- outgate — a way out
- outrate — to receive a better rating than
- overate — simple past tense of overeat.
- ovulate — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- oxalate — any salt or ester of oxalic acid, occurring in plants, especially spinach, rhubarb, and certain other vegetables and nuts, and capable of forming an insoluble salt with calcium and interfering with its absorption by the body.
- oxidate — Geochemistry. any of the class of sediments consisting chiefly of oxides of iron or manganese.
- ozonate — to add ozone to
- paleate — having scales
- palmate — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- palpate — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- patella — Anatomy. the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee; kneecap.
- patency — the state of being patent.
- pectate — a salt or ester of pectic acid.
- peltate — having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- penates — the household gods of the ancient Romans
- pennate — winged; feathered.
- phenate — a phenic acid salt
- phonate — to articulate speech sounds, esp to cause the vocal cords to vibrate in the execution of a voiced speech sound
- phorate — a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 1 7 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- phytate — a salt or ester of phytic acid, occurring in plants, especially cereal grains, capable of forming insoluble complexes with calcium, zinc, iron, and other nutrients and interfering with their absorption by the body.
- picrate — a salt or ester of picric acid.
- pilates — a system of physical conditioning involving low-impact exercises and stretches designed to strengthen muscles of the torso and often performed with specialized equipment.
- pileate — having a pileus.
- pinnate — resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis: a pinnate branch; pinnate trees.
- pirated — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- planate — having a plane or flat surface.
- plateau — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- pleated — fabric: in folds
- pleater — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- plumate — resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.
- portate — sitting diagonally across a heraldic shield
- predate — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- prelate — an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- primate — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- private — privacy
- probate — Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- prolate — elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- pronate — to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.