8-letter words containing ate
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- braccate — (of birds) having feathered legs
- breviate — a short account; a summary
- brocatel — a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- bunkmate — a person who sleeps in the same quarters as another
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- butyrate — any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO–
- by water — by ship or boat
- calceate — to shoe
- califate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- campmate — Someone who is or has been in the same camp as another person; one's fellow camper.
- canidate — Eye dialect of candidate.
- canulate — Alternative form of cannulate.
- capitate — shaped like a head, as certain flowers or inflorescences
- caproate — a salt of caproic acid
- carinate — having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
- carucate — the area of land an oxen team could plough in a year
- caseated — Simple past tense and past participle of caseate.
- casemate — an armoured compartment in a ship or fortification in which guns are mounted
- castrate — To castrate a male animal or a man means to remove his testicles.
- catechin — a soluble yellow solid substance found in catechu and mahogany wood and used in tanning and dyeing. Formula: C15H14O6
- catechol — a colourless crystalline phenol found in resins and lignins; 1,2-dihydroxybenzene. It is used as a photographic developer. Formula: C6H4(OH)2
- 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.
- catenane — a type of chemical compound in which the molecules have two or more rings that are interlocked like the links of a chain
- 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
- catenate — to arrange or be arranged in a series of chains or rings
- catenoid — the geometrical surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis
- caterans — Plural form of cateran.
- caterers — Plural form of caterer.
- cateress — a female caterer
- caterina — a female given name, form of Catherine.
- catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
- caudated — Having a tail, or a termination resembling a tail; caudate.
- caveated — Simple past tense and past participle of caveat.
- cavitate — to form cavities or bubbles
- celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
- cellmate — In a prison, someone's cellmate is the person they share their cell with.
- chateaux — (in France) a castle or fortress.
- cheaters — eyeglasses, esp. dark glasses
- cheatery — the act of cheating or deceiving
- chelated — (chemistry, of a metal atom) bound with one or more chelates.
- chelates — Plural form of chelate.
- chlorate — any salt of chloric acid, containing the monovalent ion ClO3–
- chordate — any animal of the phylum Chordata, including the vertebrates and protochordates, characterized by a notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
- chromate — any salt or ester of chromic acid. Simple chromate salts contain the divalent ion, CrO42–, and are orange
- ciliated — possessing or relating to cilia
- ciliates — Plural form of ciliate.
- citrated — treated with a citrate
- citrates — Plural form of citrate.
- clavated — Clavate; club-shaped.