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8-letter words that end in e

  • ambiance — the mood, character, quality, tone, atmosphere, etc., particularly of an environment or milieu: The restaurant had a delightful ambiance.
  • ambience — The ambience of a place is the character and atmosphere that it seems to have.
  • ambiente — atmosphere; ambiance.
  • amblyope — A person afflicted with amblyopia.
  • ambonese — a native or inhabitant of Ambon.
  • ambrette — abelmosk.
  • ambulate — to wander about or move from one place to another
  • ameerate — a country ruled by an ameer; an emirate
  • amenable — If you are amenable to something, you are willing to do it or accept it.
  • amicable — When people have an amicable relationship, they are pleasant to each other and solve their problems without quarrelling.
  • amicheme — Associate Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
  • amimeche — Associate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
  • amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
  • ammocete — ammocoete
  • ammonate — ammoniate (def 2).
  • ammonite — any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, which were common in Mesozoic times and generally had a coiled partitioned shell. Their closest modern relative is the pearly nautilus
  • amorance — the state of being in love
  • amortise — amortize
  • amortize — In finance, if you amortize a debt, you pay it back in regular payments.
  • ampakine — Any of a class of chemical compounds that enhance attention span and alertness and facilitate learning and memory.
  • amperage — the magnitude of an electric current measured in amperes, esp the rated current of an electrical component or device
  • amphorae — a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.
  • ampliate — enlarged; dilated.
  • ampullae — Anatomy. a dilated portion of a canal or duct, especially of the semicircular canals of the ear.
  • amputate — To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
  • amrinone — a potent substance, C 10 H 9 N 3 O, used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
  • amusable — capable of being amused
  • amusette — a type of light field cannon
  • amygdale — a vesicle in a volcanic rock, formed from a bubble of escaping gas, that has become filled with light-coloured minerals, such as quartz and calcite
  • amygdule — a small gas pocket, usually found in volcanic rock, partly or completely filled with a mineral, esp. a zeolite, calcite, or quartz
  • anadrome — A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
  • anaerobe — an organism that does not require oxygen for respiration
  • analcime — a hard, colorless or white zeolite, NaAlSi2O6·H2O, commonly found in basalts
  • analcite — a white, grey, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of hydrated sodium aluminium silicate in cubic crystalline form. Formula: NaAlSi2O6.H2O
  • analogue — If one thing is an analogue of another, it is similar in some way.
  • anaphase — the third stage of mitosis, during which the chromatids separate and migrate towards opposite ends of the spindle
  • and gate — An AND gate is an electrical circuit that combines two signals so that the output is on if both signals are present.
  • andesine — a feldspar mineral of the plagioclase series consisting of an aluminium silicate of sodium and calcium. Formula: NaAlSi3O8.CaAl2Si2O8
  • andesite — a fine-grained tan or grey volcanic rock consisting of plagioclase feldspar, esp andesine, amphibole, and pyroxene
  • anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
  • anethole — a white water-soluble crystalline substance with a liquorice-like odour, used as a flavouring and a sensitizer in the processing of colour photographs. Formula: CH3CH:CHC6H4OCH3
  • aneurine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
  • anginose — (dated) Relating to angina; anginous.
  • anglaise — an old English country-dance.
  • angolese — a member of any of the tribes residing in Angola.
  • angulate — having angles or an angular shape
  • angulose — having angles
  • anisette — a liquorice-flavoured liqueur made from aniseed
  • ankerite — a greyish to brown mineral that resembles dolomite and consists of a carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and iron. Formula: (Ca,Mg,Fe)CO3
  • ankylose — (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis
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