8-letter words that end in e
- accurize — to improve the accuracy of (a firearm).
- accusive — Accusative.
- acephate — a white solid compound, C 4 H 10 NO 3 PS, used as an insecticide against a wide range of plant pests, including aphids, budworms, and tent caterpillars.
- acerbate — to embitter or exasperate
- acervate — growing in heaps or clusters
- achenese — Atjehnese.
- achinese — Atjehnese.
- achroite — the colorless or white variety of tourmaline, often used as a gem.
- aciculae — Plural form of acicula.
- acid dye — a dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion usually applied from an acidic solution
- acierage — the process of iron-plating metal by means of voltaic electricity
- acierate — to change (iron) into steel
- acknowne — aware
- acquiree — a firm that is acquired
- acridine — a colourless crystalline solid used in the manufacture of dyes. Formula: C13H9N
- acrosome — a cap-like structure on the tip of a spermatozoon that releases enzymes on encountering the ovum allowing fusion with the ovum in the sexual reproductive process; this part of the process is known as the acrosome reaction
- acrylate — a chemical compound used in plastics and resins
- actinide — a member of the actinide series
- activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- activise — to make active; activate.
- activize — to make active
- aculeate — cutting; pointed
- acutance — a physical rather than subjective measure of the sharpness of a photographic image
- adamance — a state of resoluteness
- adamsite — a yellow poisonous crystalline solid that readily sublimes; diphenylaminechlorarsine. It is used in chemical warfare as a vomiting agent. Formula: C6H4AsClNHC6H4; relative density: 1.65; melting pt: 195°C; boiling pt: 410°C
- adaptive — Adaptive means having the ability or tendency to adapt to different situations.
- additive — An additive is a substance which is added in small amounts to foods or other things in order to improve them or to make them last longer.
- adelaide — the capital of South Australia: Port Adelaide, 11 km (7 miles) away on St Vincent Gulf, handles the bulk of exports. Pop: 1 225 235 (2011)
- adequate — If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
- adessive — a grammatical case in Finno-Ugric languages indicating place
- adfreeze — to adhere through the binding power of ice.
- adhesive — An adhesive is a substance such as glue, which is used to make things stick firmly together.
- adiprene — a polyurethane elastomer with exceptional abrasion resistance and strength
- adjugate — adjoint (def 1).
- adjutage — a nozzle or tube attached to a vessel to allow the discharge of liquid
- admittee — a person who has been (or will be) admitted
- adoptive — Someone's adoptive family is the family that adopted them.
- adorable — If you say that someone or something is adorable, you are emphasizing that they are very attractive and you feel great affection for them.
- adrienne — a feminine name
- aduncate — curved or hooked, as a parrot's beak
- advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- aedicule — an opening such as a door or a window, framed by columns on either side, and a pediment above
- aegirite — a mineral of the pyroxene group, NaFeSi2O6, commonly found in alkaline igneous rocks
- aerodyne — any heavier-than-air machine, such as an aircraft, that derives the greater part of its lift from aerodynamic forces
- aerolite — a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
- aerotone — a bath which incorporates massaging air jets
- aesthete — An aesthete is someone who loves and appreciates works of art and beautiful things.
- afebrile — without fever
- affiance — to bind (a person or oneself) in a promise of marriage; betroth
- affronté — facing