9-letter words containing ate
- strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- stylobate — a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade, especially the outermost colonnade.
- subjugate — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
- sublimate — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- sublunate — almost crescent-shaped
- subluxate — to partially dislocate
- subrogate — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- substrate — a substratum.
- succinate — a salt or ester of succinic acid.
- suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
- sulfurate — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- sultanate — the office or rule of a sultan.
- supernate — a supernatant liquid
- suppurate — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- surrogate — a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
- suscitate — to excite (a feeling)
- susurrate — to make a soft rustling sound; whisper; murmur
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- tablemate — someone with whom one shares a dining table
- tabulated — to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.
- tailgater — a musician who plays trombone in tailgate style.
- tailwater — the water in a tailrace.
- tantalate — a salt of any tantalic acid.
- tap water — water, obtained directly from a faucet or tap, that has not been purified, distilled, or otherwise treated.
- tartrated — formed into a tartrate; combined with tartaric acid.
- tea plate — a small plate sometimes placed to the side of a dinner plate, used for bread, cake, etc
- team-mate — a member of the same team.
- teammates — a member of the same team.
- tegulated — consisting of overlapping parts
- tellurate — a salt of a telluric acid, as of H 2 TeO or H 6 TeO 6 .
- temperate — moderate or self-restrained; not extreme in opinion, statement, etc.: a temperate response to an insulting challenge.
- terebrate — (of animals, esp insects) having a boring or penetrating organ, such as a sting
- terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- tesselate — tessellated
- tholobate — the substructure supporting a dome or cupola.
- tide gate — a gate through which water flows when the tide is in one direction and that closes automatically when the tide is in the opposite direction.
- tidewater — water affected by the flow and ebb of the tide.
- tie plate — a plate set between the base of a rail and a crosstie to distribute the rail load over a greater area of the tie and thus reduce wear and damage to it.
- tin plate — thin sheet of tin-coated iron, steel
- tin-plate — to coat (iron or steel sheet) with tin.
- titillate — to excite or arouse agreeably: to titillate the fancy. Synonyms: rouse, tempt, tease.
- tittivate — to make smart or spruce: She titivated her old dress with a new belt.
- toadeater — a toady.
- top-rated — A top-rated show or service is the most successful or highly regarded of its kind.
- trabeated — constructed with a beam or on the principle of a beam, as an entablature or flat ceiling.
- tracheate — (of an arthropod) having tracheae.
- translate — to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.
- tremulate — to make a tremulous sound