8-letter words containing et
- anuretic — relating to an inability to urinate
- apatetic — of or relating to coloration that disguises and protects an animal
- aphetise — lose a vowel at the beginning of a word
- aphetism — The aphetized form of a word, i.e. a word which has dropped its initial vowel or syllable. For example, see squire.
- aphetize — to shorten by aphesis
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- appetent — having an eager longing or desire
- appetise — (rare) To whet the appetite.
- appetite — Your appetite is your desire to eat.
- appetize — to stimulate the appetite
- appleton — Sir Edward (Victor). 1892–1965, English physicist, noted particularly for his research on the ionosphere: Nobel prize for physics 1947
- apyretic — without fever
- archetto — a tool, consisting of a bow strung with wire, for trimming excess material from a piece being modeled.
- arethusa — a North American orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, having one long narrow leaf and one rose-purple flower fringed with yellow
- ariettas — Plural form of arietta.
- ariettes — a short aria.
- arretine — of or relating to Arretium (the ancient Latin name of Arezzo, a city in central Italy)
- ascetics — Plural form of ascetic.
- asfetida — asafetida.
- asyndeta — Plural form of asyndeton.
- athetize — to reject as not genuine
- athetoid — (symptom) characterised by athetosis.
- athletes — Plural form of athlete.
- athletic — Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics.
- aubrieta — any of a genus (Aubrieta) of plants of the crucifer family native to the Middle East, with showy, purplish flowers: often grown in rock gardens
- availeth — Archaic third-person singular form of avail.
- axletree — a bar fixed across the underpart of a wagon or carriage that has rounded ends on which the wheels revolve
- b-method — (programming, tool) A system for rigorous or formal development of software using the notion of Abstract Machines to specify and design software systems. The B-Method is supported by the B-Toolkit. Abstract Machines are specified using the Abstract Machine Notation (AMN) which is in turn based on the mathematical theory of Generalised Substitutions.
- backsets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset.
- baguette — A baguette is a type of long, thin, white bread which is traditionally made in France.
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- balletic — If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet.
- ballonet — an air or gas compartment in a balloon or nonrigid airship, used to control buoyancy and shape
- bandelet — a small band of any kind, particularly one worn around the head
- banneret — a knight who was entitled to command other knights and men-at-arms under his own banner
- banquets — Plural form of banquet.
- barbette — (formerly) an earthen platform inside a parapet, from which heavy guns could fire over the top
- barletta — a port in SE Italy, in Apulia. Pop: 92 094 (2001)
- barometz — a type of Asian fern, Cibotium barometz, the woolly rhizoma of which is thought to resemble a lamb
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- barretor — someone who deals fraudulently
- barretry — barratry
- barrette — A barrette is a small metal or plastic device that a woman uses to hold her hair in position.
- barrulet — a narrow band across a heraldic shield, taking up one twentieth of the shield's height
- bartlett — the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears
- basketry — Basketry is baskets made by weaving together thin strips of materials such as wood.
- basseted — an outcrop, as of the edges of strata.
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bathetic — containing or displaying bathos
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.