8-letter words containing ate
- hematein — a reddish-brown, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 16 H 12 O 6 , obtained from logwood: used chiefly as a stain in microscopy.
- herniate — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hiccatee — a fresh-water tortoise native to the Caribbean
- hit rate — (architecture) The fraction of all memory reads which are satisfied from the cache.
- hotplate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- imitated — Simple past tense and past participle of imitate.
- imitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imitate.
- immolate — to sacrifice.
- impanate — (of the body of Christ) contained in the bread of the Eucharist
- imperate — (obsolete) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
- in spate — When a river is in spate it contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.
- in state — to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- inaurate — gilded or gleaming as if gilded
- inchoate — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- increate — not created; uncreated.
- incubate — to sit upon (eggs) for the purpose of hatching.
- indagate — to investigate; research.
- indicate — to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- infinate — Misspelling of infinite.
- inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
- inflater — A pump used to inflate tires.
- inflates — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- ingrates — Plural form of ingrate.
- inhumate — to bury; inhume
- initiate — to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
- innately — existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.
- innovate — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- inornate — Not ornate.
- insolate — to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- instated — to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- instates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of instate.
- insulate — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- intimate — associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
- intonate — to utter with a particular tone or modulation of voice.
- intubate — to insert a tube into (the larynx or the like).
- inundate — to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- invocate — invoke.
- iodinate — to iodize.
- irangate — a political scandal of 1986 in the United States involving the illegal sale of arms to Iran in return for the release of US hostages held there, and the use of the profits to funds Contra rebels in Nicaragua
- irrelate — (archaic) unrelated; not connected.
- irrigate — to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying.
- irritate — to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- irrorate — marked with small spots of color; speckled.
- irrumate — To practice irrumation; to insert the penis violently into another's mouth.