8-letter words containing ate
- low-rate — to place a low value on: a policy of low-rating most modern artists.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lunately — in a lunate or crescent form
- lunulate — having lunular markings.
- lustrate — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- macerate — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- maculate — spotted; stained.
- magnates — a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
- makebate — a person who causes contention or discord.
- malaxate — To soften, especially by kneading with the hands.
- malleate — to beat or shape with a hammer, as in metalworking.
- malonate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of malonic acid.
- manatees — Plural form of manatee.
- mandated — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- mandates — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
- maneater — Alternative spelling of man-eater.
- marinate — to steep (food) in a marinade.
- mateless — Without a mate.
- matelote — a highly seasoned fish stew made with white or red wine.
- material — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- materiel — the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- maternal — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- maturate — Pathology. to suppurate.
- meconate — a salt of meconic acid
- mediated — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- mediates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mediate.
- medicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- meditate — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- memorate — (folklore) An oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- messmate — a person, especially a friend, who is a member of a group regularly taking meals together, as in an army camp.
- mesylate — (organic chemistry) methanesulfonate.
- midwater — The part of a body of water near neither the bottom nor the surface.
- migrated — to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate. Antonyms: remain.
- migrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of migrate.
- militate — to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily: His prison record militated against him.
- miniated — Simple past tense and past participle of miniate.
- misdated — Simple past tense and past participle of misdate.
- misdates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misdate.
- mismated — Badly matched or not matching.
- misrated — Rated incorrectly.
- misstate — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- mitigate — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- modulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- moschate — having a musky smell.
- motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- mudspate — mudflow.
- muricate — covered with short, sharp points.