7-letter words containing TE
Embark on an exploration of 7-letter words that contain the letter TE. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate TE within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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minutes | 9 | a written account of what transpired at a meeting | - |
telling | 8 | powerfully persuasive | a telling presentation |
teacher | 12 | a person whose occupation is teaching | - |
instead | 8 | in place of, or as an alternative to | Felix became a herpetologist instead |
protect | 11 | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage | Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain |
private | 12 | not expressed | secret (or private) thoughts |
written | 10 | written as for a film or play or broadcast | - |
created | 10 | - | - |
monster | 9 | (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus | - |
excited | 17 | (of persons) excessively affected by emotion | - |
pretend | 10 | behave unnaturally or affectedly | - |
invited | 11 | - | - |
letters | 7 | scholarly attainment | he is a man of letters |
mystery | 15 | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained | how it got out is a mystery |
treated | 8 | made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment | - |
theater | 10 | the art of writing and producing plays | - |
related | 8 | being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics | painting and the related arts |
despite | 10 | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary |
quarter | 16 | pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him | in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes |
contest | 9 | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants | - |
greater | 8 | greater in size or importance or degree | for the greater good of the community |
fifteen | 13 | being one more than fourteen | - |
attempt | 11 | make an effort or attempt | The police attempted to stop the thief |
trusted | 8 | (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence | a sure (or trusted) friend |
western | 10 | of wind; from the west | - |
battery | 12 | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | - |
eternal | 7 | tiresomely long; seemingly without end | the wait seemed eternal |
counter | 9 | a return punch (especially by a boxer) | - |
shelter | 10 | a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings | - |
testing | 8 | the act of giving students or candidates a test (as by questions) to determine what they know or have learned | - |
fighter | 14 | someone who fights (or is fighting) | - |
lighter | 11 | a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | - |
painted | 10 | having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | the painted desert |
chapter | 14 | a local branch of some fraternity or association | he joined the Atlanta chapter |
granted | 9 | acknowledged as a supposition | - |
intense | 7 | extremely sharp or severe | intense itching and burning |
pattern | 9 | a customary way of operation or behavior | they changed their dietary pattern |
tension | 7 | the physical condition of being stretched or strained | it places great tension on the leg muscles |
chatter | 12 | talk socially without exchanging too much information | - |
adopted | 11 | acquired as your own by free choice | my adopted state |
limited | 10 | subject to limits or subjected to limits | - |
eastern | 7 | from the east; used especially of winds | an eastern wind |
lottery | 10 | players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | - |
operate | 9 | handle and cause to function | do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol |
content | 9 | the state of being contented with your situation in life | he relaxed in sleepy contentedness |
climate | 11 | the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time | the dank climate of southern Wales |
testify | 13 | provide evidence for | - |
twisted | 11 | having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented | many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality |
protest | 9 | the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent | - |
compete | 13 | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | - |
sweater | 10 | a person who perspires | - |
painter | 9 | large American feline resembling a lion | - |
masters | 9 | United States poet (1869-1950) | - |
located | 10 | situated in a particular spot or position | valuable centrally located urban land |
planted | 10 | (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held | implanted convictions |
haunted | 11 | having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something | became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle |
pointed | 10 | direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant | a pointed critique |
website | 12 | a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web | - |
shooter | 10 | a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot) | a poor shooter |
spotted | 10 | having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) | a black-and-white spotted cow |
sixteen | 14 | the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one | - |
amateur | 9 | lacking professional skill or expertise | a very amateurish job |
elected | 10 | subject to popular election | - |
devoted | 12 | (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use | large sums devoted to the care of the poor |
fastest | 10 | most quickly | - |
teasing | 8 | playfully vexing (especially by ridicule) | - |
execute | 16 | carry out or perform an action | the skater executed a triple pirouette |
lobster | 9 | any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae | - |
hearted | 11 | - | - |
scooter | 9 | a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice | - |
teenage | 8 | being of the age 13 through 19 | teenage mothers |
tearing | 8 | marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | in a tearing rage |
tequila | 16 | Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant | - |
promote | 11 | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | I got promoted after many years of hard work |
shouted | 11 | in a vehement outcry | his shouted words of encouragement could be heard over the crowd noises |
terrace | 9 | a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) | - |
utterly | 10 | completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | utterly miserable |
hottest | 10 | - | - |
context | 16 | discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation | - |
stevens | 10 | United States filmmaker (1905-1975) | - |
rooster | 7 | adult male chicken | - |
tribute | 9 | payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence | - |
athlete | 10 | a person trained to compete in sports | - |
protein | 9 | any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes | a diet high in protein |
hostess | 10 | a woman steward on an airplane | - |
lighten | 11 | make more cheerful | the conversation lightened me up a bit |
flatter | 10 | praise somewhat dishonestly | - |
antenna | 7 | one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste | - |
altered | 8 | having testicles or ovaries removed | - |
educate | 10 | create by training and teaching | - |
canteen | 9 | a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | - |
dispute | 10 | coming into conflict with | - |
roasted | 8 | (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven | - |
tighten | 11 | narrow or limit | - |
plaster | 9 | cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on | The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters |
donated | 9 | - | - |
shutter | 10 | a hinged blind for a window | - |
veteran | 10 | rendered competent through trial and experience | veteran steadiness |
winters | 10 | - | - |
cheater | 12 | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | - |
hamster | 12 | short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches | - |
isolate | 7 | place or set apart | They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates |
starter | 7 | an electric motor for starting an engine | - |
terrain | 7 | a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential | they decided to attack across the rocky terrain |
blasted | 10 | expletives used informally as intensifiers | he's a blasted idiot |
adapted | 11 | changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose | seeds precisely adapted to the area |
charter | 12 | hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services | - |
deleted | 9 | - | - |
sighted | 12 | able to see | - |
toaster | 7 | someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the health of success of someone or some venture | - |
mounted | 10 | assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support | - |
rewrite | 10 | something that has been written again | the rewrite was much better |
violate | 10 | fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns | This sentence violates the rules of syntax |
glitter | 8 | be shiny, as if wet | - |
celeste | 9 | - | - |
imitate | 9 | reproduce someone's behavior or looks | The mime imitated the passers-by |
quieter | 16 | - | - |
coaster | 9 | a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle) | - |
stealth | 10 | avoiding detection by moving carefully | - |
sterile | 7 | incapable of reproducing | - |
tainted | 8 | touched by rot or decay | tainted bacon |
texture | 14 | the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | breadfruit has the same texture as bread |
scatter | 9 | strew or distribute over an area | scatter cards across the table |
steward | 11 | an attendant on an airplane | - |
granite | 8 | plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz | - |
lantern | 7 | light in a transparent protective case | - |
dictate | 10 | issue commands or orders for | - |
updated | 11 | - | - |
gateway | 14 | an entrance that can be closed by a gate | - |
machete | 14 | a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation | - |
shatter | 10 | break into many pieces | The wine glass shattered |
printer | 9 | someone whose occupation is printing | - |
quixote | 23 | - | - |
smitten | 9 | (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming | conscience-smitten |
steamed | 10 | aroused to impatience or anger | - |
chateau | 12 | an impressive country house (or castle) in France | - |
pretext | 16 | an artful or simulated semblance | - |
namaste | 9 | - | - |
urinate | 7 | eliminate urine | - |
webster | 12 | United States politician and orator (1782-1817) | - |
platter | 9 | sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove | - |
tedious | 8 | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | tedious days on the train |
hateful | 13 | characterized by malice | a hateful thing to do |
mandate | 10 | a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves | - |
pottery | 12 | ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln | - |
cluster | 9 | come together as in a cluster or flock | - |
awaited | 11 | expected hopefully | - |
stutter | 7 | speak haltingly | - |
booster | 9 | an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective | - |
bloated | 10 | - | - |
clatter | 9 | make a rattling sound | clattering dishes |
literal | 7 | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | a literal solitude like a desert |
statute | 7 | enacted by a legislative body | statute law |
templar | 11 | a knight of a religious military order established in 1118 to protect pilgrims and the Holy Sepulcher | - |
upstate | 9 | - | - |
caterer | 9 | someone who provides food and service (as for a party) | - |
plateau | 9 | a relatively flat highland | - |
toasted | 8 | browned over by exposure to heat | he liked toasted marshmallows |
twister | 10 | small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts | - |
chatted | 13 | - | - |
fittest | 10 | - | - |
flutter | 10 | the motion made by flapping up and down | - |
scented | 10 | filled or impregnated with perfume | scented soap |
shorten | 10 | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | - |
textile | 14 | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers | - |
devotee | 11 | an ardent follower and admirer | - |
sedated | 9 | - | - |
vibrate | 12 | sound with resonance | - |
flatten | 10 | become flat or flatter | The landscape flattened |
watered | 11 | (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern | - |
blaster | 9 | a workman employed to blast with explosives | - |
richter | 12 | - | - |
tempest | 11 | a violent commotion or disturbance | it was only a tempest in a teapot |
midterm | 12 | an examination administered in the middle of an academic term | - |
commute | 13 | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | - |
sweeten | 10 | make sweeter in taste | - |
lateral | 7 | situated at or extending to the side | the lateral branches of a tree |
primate | 11 | a senior clergyman and dignitary | - |
scepter | 11 | a ceremonial or emblematic staff | - |
spatter | 9 | rain gently | - |
stellar | 7 | indicating the most important performer or role | a stellar role |
tetanus | 7 | an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | - |
maltese | 9 | the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French | - |
ignited | 9 | set afire | the ignited paper |
mastery | 12 | power to dominate or defeat | mastery of the seas |
reunite | 7 | unify again, as of a country | - |
terrier | 7 | any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground | - |
holster | 10 | a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools | - |
drifter | 11 | a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | - |
uttered | 8 | communicated in words | frequently uttered sentiments |
magnate | 10 | a very wealthy or powerful businessman | - |
nitrate | 7 | any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) | - |
cremate | 11 | reduce to ashes | - |
elevate | 10 | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | - |
inflate | 10 | exaggerate or make bigger | The charges were inflated |
fateful | 13 | ominously prophetic | - |
jitters | 14 | extreme nervousness | - |
plotted | 10 | with planning and intention | - |
tending | 9 | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | - |
mutated | 10 | - | - |
pointer | 9 | a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game | - |
telecom | 11 | (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically | - |
ingrate | 8 | a person who shows no gratitude | - |
interim | 9 | the time between one event, process, or period and another | - |
mobster | 11 | a criminal who is a member of gang | - |
quartet | 16 | four people considered as a unit | he joined a barbershop quartet |
artiste | 7 | a public performer (a dancer or singer) | - |
contend | 10 | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | Militant groups are contending for control of the country |
clutter | 9 | fill a space in a disorderly way | - |
narrate | 7 | narrate or give a detailed account of | - |
dilated | 9 | - | - |
shitter | 10 | a person who defecates | - |
steamer | 9 | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe | - |
teeming | 10 | abundantly filled with especially living things | the Third World's teeming millions |
blister | 9 | (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid | - |
frosted | 11 | (of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost | frosted glass |
manatee | 9 | sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded | - |
recited | 10 | - | - |
coveted | 13 | greatly desired | - |
quitter | 16 | a person who gives up too easily | - |
migrate | 10 | move from one country or region to another and settle there | Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century |
pollute | 9 | make impure | The industrial wastes polluted the lake |
respite | 9 | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | - |
trustee | 7 | members of a governing board | - |
reputed | 10 | - | - |
steppes | 11 | - | - |
knitted | 12 | made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving | knitted garments |
exalted | 15 | of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | an exalted ideal |
coulter | 9 | a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil | - |
specter | 11 | a mental representation of some haunting experience | it aroused specters from his past |
fattest | 10 | - | - |
smarten | 9 | - | - |
spotter | 9 | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | - |
termite | 9 | whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood | - |
terrify | 13 | fill with terror; frighten greatly | - |
fixated | 18 | - | - |
lighted | 12 | set afire or burning | the lighted candles |
demoted | 11 | - | - |
sweated | 11 | - | - |
gazette | 17 | a newspaper or official journal | - |
radiate | 8 | spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate | - |
diluted | 9 | reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity | diluted alcohol |
palette | 9 | one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor | - |
placate | 11 | cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | - |
proteus | 9 | type genus of the Proteidae | - |
critter | 9 | a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) | - |
deviate | 11 | be at variance with; be out of line with | - |
grifter | 11 | a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | - |
knotted | 12 | used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots | gnarled and knotted hands |
emulate | 9 | compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with | This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors |
auguste | 8 | - | - |
jittery | 17 | being in a tense state | - |
agitate | 8 | change the arrangement or position of | - |
protege | 10 | a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career | - |
debated | 11 | - | - |
steroid | 8 | any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | - |
incited | 10 | - | - |
poofter | 12 | - | - |
potency | 14 | the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse | - |
spitter | 9 | an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it | - |
stepson | 9 | the son your spouse by a former marriage | - |
teatime | 9 | a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes | - |
tempura | 11 | vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried | - |
10 | make high-pitched sounds, as of birds | - | |
skeeter | 11 | - | - |
floater | 10 | an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location | - |
frigate | 11 | a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries | - |
trotter | 7 | a horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing | - |
belated | 10 | after the expected or usual time; delayed | a belated birthday card |
steeper | 9 | a vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping | - |
probate | 11 | a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate | - |
slanted | 8 | favoring one person or side over another | - |
tenuous | 7 | lacking substance or significance | a tenuous argument |
sternum | 9 | the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs | - |
steeple | 9 | a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top | - |
unquote | 16 | - | - |
animate | 9 | give lifelike qualities to | animated cartoons |
notepad | 10 | a pad of paper for keeping notes | - |
stately | 10 | impressive in appearance | stately columns |
austere | 7 | of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect | an austere expression |
planter | 9 | the owner or manager of a plantation | - |
stunted | 8 | inferior in size or quality | old stunted thorn trees |
sulfate | 10 | a salt or ester of sulphuric acid | - |
tearful | 10 | showing sorrow | - |
tenfold | 11 | containing ten or ten parts | - |
telford | 11 | - | - |
buttery | 12 | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | buttery praise |
reroute | 7 | - | - |
omitted | 10 | - | - |
subtext | 16 | - | - |
rewrote | 10 | - | - |
emitted | 10 | - | - |
cistern | 9 | a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet | - |
mediate | 10 | act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | He mediated a settlement |
keynote | 14 | (music) the first note of a diatonic scale | - |
compute | 13 | make a mathematical calculation or computation | - |
stealer | 7 | a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it | - |
deflate | 11 | reduce or lessen the size or importance of | The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence |
erudite | 8 | having or showing profound knowledge | an erudite professor |
sainted | 8 | marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | my sainted mother |
biotech | 14 | the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes | biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem |
hydrate | 14 | any compound that contains water of crystallization | - |
jointed | 15 | having joints or jointed segments | - |
compote | 13 | dessert of stewed or baked fruit | - |
saluted | 8 | - | - |
secrete | 9 | generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids | secrete digestive juices |
utensil | 7 | an implement for practical use (especially in a household) | - |
chanted | 13 | sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone | a chanted psalm |
rotated | 8 | turned in a circle around an axis | - |
uterine | 7 | of or involving the uterus | uterine cancer |
vicomte | 14 | - | - |
bigoted | 11 | blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others | a bigoted person |
adapter | 10 | a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance | - |
rosette | 7 | circular window filled with tracery | - |
arbiter | 9 | someone with the power to settle matters at will | she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion |
fritter | 10 | spend frivolously and unwisely | - |
misstep | 11 | an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | confusion caused his unfortunate misstep |
replete | 9 | (followed by `with') deeply filled or permeated | it is replete with misery |
shyster | 13 | a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods | - |
stemmed | 12 | (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground | - |
terrine | 7 | a pate or fancy meatloaf baked in an earthenware casserole | - |
bolster | 9 | a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows | - |
glisten | 8 | be shiny, as if wet | His eyes were glistening |
equated | 17 | - | - |
saunter | 7 | walk leisurely and with no apparent aim | - |
shifter | 13 | a stagehand responsible for moving scenery | - |
swatter | 10 | an implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects | - |
genteel | 8 | marked by refinement in taste and manners | a genteel old lady |
moisten | 9 | make moist | The dew moistened the meadows |
keister | 11 | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | - |
piteous | 9 | deserving or inciting pity | piteous appeals for help |
poetess | 9 | a woman poet | - |
acutely | 12 | in a keen or penetrating way | she pitied her sister acutely |
shuteye | 13 | informal term for sleep | - |
tensile | 7 | capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out | made of highly tensile steel alloy |
atelier | 7 | a studio especially for an artist or designer | - |
amputee | 11 | someone who has had a limb removed by amputation | - |
marmite | 11 | a large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup | - |
deplete | 10 | use up (resources or materials) | - |
swelter | 10 | be uncomfortably hot | - |
waisted | 11 | - | - |
chattel | 12 | personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) | - |
hipster | 12 | someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle | - |
minster | 9 | any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery | - |
quilter | 16 | - | - |
crusted | 10 | having a hardened crust as a covering | - |
emanate | 9 | give out (breath or an odor) | - |
clotted | 10 | thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | clotted blood |
swatted | 11 | - | - |
vaulted | 11 | having a hemispherical vault or dome | - |
munster | 9 | - | - |
quieten | 16 | make calm or still | - |
abetted | 10 | - | - |
worsted | 11 | a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool | - |
bitters | 9 | alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots | - |
montero | 9 | - | - |
ovulate | 10 | produce and discharge eggs | women ovulate about once every month |
reenter | 7 | - | - |
sauteed | 8 | fried quickly in a little fat | - |
stetson | 7 | a hat made of felt with a creased crown | - |
swifter | 13 | - | - |
riveted | 11 | - | - |
tenancy | 12 | an act of being a tenant or occupant | - |
margate | 10 | a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil | - |
blotter | 9 | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station | - |
fainter | 10 | - | - |
naivete | 10 | lack of sophistication or worldliness | - |
quilted | 17 | made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching | - |
quintet | 16 | a musical composition for five performers | - |
refuted | 11 | - | - |
crested | 10 | (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume | - |
acolyte | 12 | someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches | - |
stepper | 11 | a professional dancer | - |
stewing | 11 | cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil | - |
stencil | 9 | a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below | - |
tempera | 11 | pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk | - |
umpteen | 11 | innumerable but many | - |
blunted | 10 | made dull or blunt | - |
blotted | 10 | - | - |
integer | 8 | any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero | an integer is a number that is not a fraction |
cortege | 10 | the group following and attending to some important person | - |
detente | 8 | the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations) | - |
emitter | 9 | the electrode in a transistor where electrons originate | - |
excrete | 16 | eliminate from the body | - |
snifter | 10 | a globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy | - |
sprites | 9 | atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves) | - |
technic | 14 | - | - |
temblor | 11 | shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | - |
trotted | 8 | - | - |
fretted | 11 | having a pattern of fretwork or latticework | - |
gluteus | 8 | any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh | - |
lectern | 9 | desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer | - |
orbiter | 9 | man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon | - |
doubter | 10 | someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something | - |
collate | 9 | compare critically; of texts | - |
slotted | 8 | - | - |
teargas | 8 | a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | - |
tenured | 8 | appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime | a tenured professor |
tertius | 7 | - | - |
fluster | 10 | a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset | - |
infante | 10 | - | - |
igniter | 8 | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires | - |
obviate | 12 | prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening | - |
patella | 9 | a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint | - |
pipette | 11 | measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube | - |
requite | 16 | make repayment for or return something | - |
aerated | 8 | supplied with carbon dioxide | - |
spouted | 10 | - | - |
riposte | 9 | answer back | - |
tensing | 8 | - | - |
unrated | 8 | - | - |
vaunted | 11 | - | - |
wettest | 10 | - | - |
ascites | 9 | accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity | - |
berated | 10 | - | - |
bluster | 9 | a swaggering show of courage | - |
greeter | 8 | a person who greets | the newcomers were met by smiling greeters |
lactate | 9 | give suck to | - |
plotter | 9 | a member of a conspiracy | - |
daunted | 9 | caused to show discomposure | - |
entente | 7 | a friendly understanding between political powers | - |
abetter | 9 | one who helps or encourages or incites another | - |
satiate | 7 | supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction | - |
sternly | 10 | with sternness; in a severe manner | `No,' she said sternly |
sputter | 9 | climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | - |
stilted | 8 | artificially formal | a stilted letter of acknowledgment |
roaster | 7 | a cook who roasts food | - |
tipster | 9 | one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) | - |
tendril | 8 | slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support | - |
tempter | 11 | a person who tempts others | Satan is the great tempter of mankind |
volante | 10 | - | - |
whitely | 16 | - | - |
uneaten | 7 | - | - |
bartend | 10 | - | - |
bauxite | 16 | a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst | - |
galatea | 8 | (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers | - |
prelate | 9 | a senior clergyman and dignitary | - |
portend | 10 | indicate, as with a sign or an omen | - |
portent | 9 | a sign of something about to happen | - |
protean | 9 | taking on different forms | eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same |
pulsate | 9 | produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses | - |
cordite | 10 | explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords | - |
acetate | 9 | a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate | - |
situate | 7 | put (something somewhere) firmly | - |
steeply | 12 | in a steep manner | the street rose steeply up to the castle |
tenting | 8 | the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | - |
tenable | 9 | based on sound reasoning or evidence | - |
textual | 14 | of or relating to or based on a text | textual analysis |
vaulter | 10 | an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole | - |
vedette | 11 | - | - |
gavotte | 11 | an old formal French dance in quadruple time | - |
gluteal | 8 | of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles | - |
hearten | 10 | give encouragement to | - |
hauteur | 10 | overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors | - |
limiter | 9 | (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform) | a limiter introduces amplitude distortion |
legatee | 8 | someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed | - |
locater | 9 | a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims | - |
merited | 10 | properly deserved | a merited success |
predate | 10 | establish something as being earlier relative to something else | - |
preteen | 9 | of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 | a preteen party |
restate | 7 | to say, state, or perform again | - |
oldster | 8 | an elderly person | - |
coterie | 9 | an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | - |
diorite | 8 | a granular crystalline intrusive rock | - |
egalite | 8 | social and political equality | - |
faceted | 13 | having facets | a faceted diamond |
adoptee | 10 | someone (such as a child) who has been adopted | - |
accrete | 11 | grow or become attached by accretion | The story accreted emotion |
smelter | 9 | an industrial plant for smelting | - |
titrate | 7 | measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration | - |
tensely | 10 | in a tense manner | he sat down tensely |
vomiter | 12 | a person who vomits | - |
whetted | 14 | - | - |
bloater | 9 | large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked | - |
boaster | 9 | a very boastful and talkative person | - |
bittern | 9 | relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes | - |
chasten | 12 | correct by punishment or discipline | - |
andante | 8 | a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace) | - |
gritted | 9 | - | - |
itemise | 9 | specify individually | - |
ligated | 9 | - | - |
psalter | 9 | a collection of Psalms for liturgical use | - |
denoted | 9 | - | - |
aconite | 9 | any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers | - |
serrate | 7 | notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex | - |
shotted | 11 | - | - |
smatter | 9 | work with in an amateurish manner | - |
sternal | 7 | of or relating to or near the sternum | - |
syenite | 10 | - | - |
riveter | 10 | a worker who inserts and hammers rivets | - |
treater | 7 | someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | - |
teashop | 12 | a restaurant where tea and light meals are available | - |
unsated | 8 | not having been satisfied | - |
tweeter | 10 | a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds | the sound system had both tweeters and woofers |
biotite | 9 | dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock | - |
bottega | 10 | - | - |
cautery | 12 | an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it | - |
chitter | 12 | make high-pitched sounds, as of birds | - |
chanter | 12 | reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played | - |
chantey | 15 | a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors | - |