8-letter words that end in te
- athonite — of or relating to Mount Athos.
- augurate — The position or office of an augur.
- automate — To automate a factory, office, or industrial process means to put in machines which can do the work instead of people.
- autunite — a yellowish fluorescent radioactive mineral consisting of a hydrated calcium uranium phosphate in tetragonal crystalline form. It is found in uranium ores. Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2.10–12H2O
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- backbite — to talk spitefully about (an absent person)
- backdate — If a document or an arrangement is backdated, it is valid from a date before the date when it is completed or signed.
- backlite — (in automotive styling) the rear window of a vehicle.
- baculite — an extinct species of mollusc from the Late Cretaceous period, fossils of which have been found ranging from 7cm to 2m in length
- baguette — A baguette is a type of long, thin, white bread which is traditionally made in France.
- bakelite — Bakelite is a type of hard plastic that was used in the past for making things such as telephones and radios.
- baldpate — a person with a bald head
- bandmate — a fellow member of a band
- banknote — Banknotes are pieces of paper money.
- barbette — (formerly) an earthen platform inside a parapet, from which heavy guns could fire over the top
- barrette — A barrette is a small metal or plastic device that a woman uses to hold her hair in position.
- basanite — a black basaltic rock containing plagioclase, augite, olivine, and nepheline, leucite, or analcite, formerly used as a touchstone
- bedplate — a heavy metal platform or frame to which an engine or machine is attached
- bellcote — a small roofed structure for bells
- belmonte — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), 1893–1962, Spanish matador.
- benzoate — any salt or ester of benzoic acid, containing the group C6H5COO– or the ion C6H5COO–
- biforate — having two openings, pores, or perforations
- big-note — to boast about (oneself)
- bijugate — (of compound leaves) having two pairs of leaflets
- bilobate — divided into or having two lobes
- bimbette — a woman who is considered sexually attractive but unintelligent
- bit rate — the rate of flow of binary digits in a digital data-processing system, usually expressed as the number of bits per second
- blairite — of or relating to the modernizing policies of Tony Blair
- bloviate — to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- bobwhite — a brown North American quail, Colinus virginianus, the male of which has white markings on the head: a popular game bird
- boehmite — a grey, red, or brown mineral that consists of alumina in rhombic crystalline form and occurs in bauxite. Formula: AlO(OH)
- bombsite — an area where the buildings have been destroyed by bombs
- boracite — a white mineral that forms salt deposits of magnesium borate and chloride in orthorhombic crystalline form. Formula: Mg3ClB7O13
- bowenite — a compact and dense variety of green serpentine resembling jade.
- box kite — a kite with a boxlike frame open at both ends
- braccate — (of birds) having feathered legs
- bramante — Donato (doˈnato). ?1444–1514, Italian architect and artist of the High Renaissance. He modelled his designs for domed centrally planned churches on classical Roman architecture
- braunite — a brown or black mineral that consists of manganese oxide and silicate and is a source of manganese. Formula: 3Mn2O3.MnSiO3
- breviate — a short account; a summary
- brigitte — a female given name, French form of Bridget.
- bronxite — a cocktail of gin, sweet and dry vermouth, and orange juice.
- bronzite — a type of orthopyroxene often having a metallic or pearly sheen
- brookite — a reddish-brown to black mineral consisting of titanium oxide in orthorhombic crystalline form: occurs in silica veins. Formula: TiO2
- brunette — A brunette is a white-skinned woman or girl with dark brown hair.
- bunkmate — a person who sleeps in the same quarters as another
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- butyrate — any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO–
- cachette — A hidden nook; a hiding place.
- calamite — any extinct treelike plant of the genus Calamites, of Carboniferous times, related to the horsetails
- calceate — to shoe