8-letter words that end in e
- armidale — a town in Australia, in NE New South Wales: a centre for tourism. Pop: 20 271 (2001)
- armitage — Simon (Robert). born 1963, British poet and writer, whose collections include Zoom! (1989), Killing Time (1999), and Universal Home Doctor (2002)
- armorize — to equip with armor or other protective devices: to armorize a car with bulletproof glass.
- arms-eye — the armhole opening in a garment.
- arrasene — a material of wool and silk that is used in embroidery
- arrestee — a person who is under arrest
- arretine — of or relating to Arretium (the ancient Latin name of Arezzo, a city in central Italy)
- arrogate — If someone arrogates to themselves something such as a responsibility or privilege, they claim or take it even though they have no right to do so.
- arsehole — If one person calls another person an arsehole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- arsenate — a salt or ester of arsenic acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O43–
- arsenide — a compound in which arsenic is the most electronegative element
- arsenite — a salt or ester of arsenous acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O33–
- arteriae — Plural form of arteria.
- arthouse — a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
- artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- artotype — collotype.
- arvicole — a mouse or water vole that belongs to the genus Arvicola
- aryanize — (in Nazi ideology) to purge (politics and society) of all non-Aryan elements or people; make characteristically Aryan
- aseptate — not divided into cells or sections by septa
- asherite — a member of the tribe of Asher.
- asparkle — in a glittering or glinting manner
- asperate — (of plant parts) having a rough surface due to a covering of short stiff hairs
- aspirate — to articulate (a stop) with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- assamese — the state language of Assam, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family and closely related to Bengali
- assemble — When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
- assessee — Something or someone that is assessed.
- assignee — a person to whom some right, interest, or property is transferred
- assinine — Alternative spelling of asinine.
- assonate — to display assonance or match in sound
- astatide — a binary compound of astatine with a more electropositive element
- astatine — a radioactive element of the halogen series: a decay product of uranium and thorium that occurs naturally in minute amounts and is artificially produced by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles. Symbol: At; atomic no: 85; half-life of most stable isotope, 210At: 8.1 hours; probable valency: 1,3,5, or 7; melting pt: 302°C; boiling pt: 337°C (est)
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- asystole — the absence of heartbeat; cardiac arrest
- at grade — on the same level
- at issue — The question or point at issue is the question or point that is being argued about or discussed.
- at large — You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
- at peace — in a state of harmony or friendship
- at stake — If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
- at table — at a meal
- atabrine — quinacrine hydrochloride, C23H30ClN3O·2HCl·2H2O, a synthetic drug used in treating malaria and other diseases
- atherine — any of several small fish of the genus Atherina
- athetize — to reject as not genuine
- athonite — of or relating to Mount Athos.
- atmolyse — to separate gases, which have differing degrees of diffusibility, by filtering
- atonable — Capable of being atoned for.
- atrazine — a white crystalline compound widely used as a weedkiller. Formula: C8H14N5Cl
- atremble — in a shaking or trembling state
- atropine — a poisonous alkaloid obtained from deadly nightshade, having an inhibitory action on the autonomic nervous system. It is used medicinally in pre-anaesthetic medication, to speed a slow heart rate, and as an emergency first-aid counter to exposure to chemical warfare nerve agents. Formula: C17H23NO3
- attendee — The attendees at something such as a meeting or a conference are the people who are attending it.
- atticize — to conform or adapt to the Attic Greek style of expression, habits, and beliefs