8-letter words that end in t
- auncient — Obsolete form of ancient.
- aurulent — Gold in color.
- autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
- autostat — (language) A language for statistical programming.
- autotest — a motor race in which standard cars are driven around a racing circuit
- avadavat — either of two Asian weaverbirds of the genus Estrilda, esp E. amandava, having a red plumage: often kept as cagebirds
- avantist — short for avant-gardist
- averment — the act of averring.
- aviarist — a person who keeps an aviary
- avoidant — (of behaviour) demonstrating a tendency to avoid intimacy or interaction with others
- awfulest — Superlative form of awful.
- babracot — a wooden grating used by Indians in South America for roasting and drying food.
- baby-sit — to act or work as a baby-sitter
- baccarat — a card game in which two or more punters gamble against the banker
- bacchant — a priest or votary of Bacchus
- back lot — an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes.
- back out — If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
- backbeat — the second and fourth beats of a bar written in even time or, in more complex time signatures, the last beat of the bar
- backcast — a backward casting of a fishing rod
- backchat — the act of answering back, esp impudently
- backfist — a karate punch with the back of a clenched hand.
- backfoot — (transitive) To put on the defensive; to put off balance.
- backlift — the backward movement of a cricket bat in preparation for a swing
- backlist — a publisher's previously published books that are still available
- backmost — furthest back
- backport — (software) To make a feature from a later version of a piece of software available in an earlier version. Backporting of features enables users of the older version to benefit from a feature without upgrading fully.
- backrest — The backrest of a seat or chair is the part which you rest your back on.
- backseat — relating to or taking place on the back seat of a vehicle
- bad debt — A bad debt is a sum of money that has been lent but is not likely to be repaid.
- bad trot — a period of ill fortune
- baha'íst — relating to the Baha'í Faith
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- bailment — a contractual delivery of goods in trust to a person for a specific purpose
- bakemeat — a pie
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- ballarat — a town in SE Australia, in S central Victoria: originally the centre of a gold-mining region. Pop: 72 999 (2001)
- ballonet — an air or gas compartment in a balloon or nonrigid airship, used to control buoyancy and shape
- balmiest — Superlative form of balmy.
- bancroft — George1800-91; U.S. historian & statesman
- bandelet — a small band of any kind, particularly one worn around the head
- bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
- bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- banneret — a knight who was entitled to command other knights and men-at-arms under his own banner
- bar cart — a small table on wheels, outfitted for serving drinks; a portable bar.
- bar foot — a foot having the form of a bar connecting the corresponding front and rear legs of a piece.
- bareboat — a boat that can be chartered without crew, provisions, etc
- barefoot — Someone who is barefoot or barefooted is not wearing anything on their feet.
- barghest — (in the North of England, esp Yorkshire) a goblin that appears in the shape of a dog as an omen of death or other misfortune
- barostat — a device for maintaining constant pressure, such as one used in an aircraft cabin