7-letter words that end in te
- astarte — a fertility goddess worshipped by the Phoenicians: identified with Ashtoreth of the Hebrews and Ishtar of the Babylonians and Assyrians
- athlete — An athlete is a person who does a sport, especially athletics, or track and field events.
- atomate — (biology, mycology) Having a surface covered in tiny shiny particles; powdered.
- attrite — to wear down
- attuite — to perceive or become aware of by attuition
- auguste — a type of circus clown who usually wears battered ordinary clothes and is habitually maladroit or unlucky
- aureate — covered with gold; gilded
- aviette — an aeroplane driven solely by the strength of the aviator
- avocate — (obsolete) To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.
- avolate — (obsolete) To fly away; to escape.
- axinite — a precious mineral, found in a range of colours, which forms glassy crystals
- azurite — an azure-blue mineral associated with copper deposits. It is a source of copper. Composition: copper carbonate. Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2. Crystal structure: monoclinic
- azymite — someone who uses unleavened bread to celebrate the Eucharist
- babette — a female given name, form of Barbara.
- baccate — like a berry in form, texture, etc
- bainite — a mixture of iron and iron carbide found in incompletely hardened steels, produced when austenite is transformed at temperatures between the pearlite and martensite ranges
- ballute — a type of inflatable device resembling a cross between a parachute and a balloon, designed to slow descent rapidly
- barbate — having tufts of long hairs; bearded
- batiste — a fine plain-weave cotton fabric: used esp for shirts and dresses
- battute — a beat.
- bauxite — Bauxite is a clay-like substance from which aluminium is obtained.
- bedmate — bedfellow (def 1).
- bedsite — A recess in a room for a bed.
- biotite — a black or dark green mineral of the mica group, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks. Composition: hydrous magnesium iron potassium aluminium silicate. Formula: K(Mg,Fe)3(Al,Fe)Si3O10(OH)2. Crystal structure: monoclinic
- bistate — involving two states
- bizerte — a port in N Tunisia, on the Mediterranean at the canalized outlet of Lake Bizerte. Pop: 118 000 (2005 est)
- bluette — a short, brilliant piece of music
- bornite — a mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron that tarnishes to purple or dark red. It occurs in copper deposits. Formula: Cu5FeS4
- brevete — patented
- bromate — any salt or ester of bromic acid, containing the monovalent group -BrO3 or ion BrO3–
- brucite — the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, translucent and white or pale green in colour
- bullate — puckered or blistered in appearance
- burette — a graduated glass tube with a stopcock on one end for dispensing and transferring known volumes of fluids, esp liquids
- burkite — burker; murderer
- bursate — resembling or containing a bursa
- buvette — a roadside café
- by rote — by repetition; by heart (often in the phrase learn by rote)
- cadette — a member of the division of the Girl Scouts for girls twelve to fourteen years of age
- cainite — a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- calcite — a colourless or white mineral (occasionally tinged with impurities), found in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, in veins, in limestone, and in stalagmites and stalactites. It is used in the manufacture of cement, plaster, paint, glass, and fertilizer. Composition: calcium carbonate. Formula: CaCO3. Crystal structure: hexagonal (rhombohedral)
- calotte — a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy
- cantate — the 98th psalm sung as a non-metrical hymn
- capette — caponette.
- caprate — a salt of capric acid
- carnate — Invested with, or embodied in, flesh.
- caseate — to undergo caseation
- casette — Dated form of cassette.
- cassate — (obsolete) To render void or useless; to vacate or annul.
- cassite — a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.
- caudate — having a tail or a tail-like appendage