4-letter words containing e, t
- dent — If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
- dept — Dept is used as a written abbreviation for department, usually in the name of a particular department.
- dest — Abbreviation of destination.
- deth — Obsolete form of death.
- detr — Department of the Environment, Transport, and the Regions
- diet — the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan.
- dite — a bit (usually used in negative constructions): I don't care a dite.
- dote — to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on or upon): They dote on their youngest daughter.
- dt&e — Developmental Test and Evaluation
- duet — a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- east — a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eath — (Now chiefly dialectal) Easily.
- eats — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- ebit — EBIT is the amount of profit that a person or company receives before interest and taxes have been deducted.
- echt — real; authentic; genuine.
- edit — to supervise or direct the preparation of (a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); serve as editor of; direct the editorial policies of.
- edta — ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid; a colourless crystalline slightly soluble organic compound used in inorganic chemistry and biochemistry. It is a powerful chelating agent used to stabilize bleach in detergents. Formula: [(HOOCCH2)2NCH2]2
- efta — law: European Free Trade Association
- efts — electronic funds transfer
- ehts — Emacs HyperText System. An experimental multi-user hypertext system from the University of Aalborg. It consists of a text editor (based on Epoch and GNU Emacs and written in elisp) and a graphical browser (based on XView and written in C) running under the X Window System and OpenWindows. Both tools use HyperBase as their database.
- elat — Eilat
- emit — Produce and discharge (something, esp. gas or radiation).
- empt — to empty
- ent- — ento-
- ents — Plural form of ent.
- entz — (Oxford University, slang) Social and entertainment events provided for the students.
- eqpt — equipment
- erst — Long ago; formerly.
- erté — real name Romain de Tirtoff. 1892–1990, French fashion illustrator and designer, born in Russia, noted for his extravagant costumes and tableaux for the Folies-Bergère in Paris
- erts — Electronic Reciprocal Transfer System
- este — Alternative form of est.
- état — a rank or state
- etch — Engrave (metal, glass, or stone ) by coating it with a protective layer, drawing on it with a needle, and then covering it with acid to attack the parts the needle has exposed, especially in order to produce prints from it.
- eten — a giant
- ethe — Plural form of ethos.
- etic — Relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is general, nonstructural, and objective in its perspective.
- etna — A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
- eton — a town in S England, in Windsor and Maidenhead unitary authority, Berkshire, near the River Thames: site of Eton College, a public school for boys founded in 1440. Pop: 3821 (2001 est)
- etrn — (messaging, protocol) ("Extended TURN") An ESMTP command (first defined in RFC 1985) with which a client asks the server to deliver queued mail to the client via a new ESMTP connection. ETRN supersedes the SMTP "TURN" command in the same way that ESMTP's "EHLO" supersedes SMTP's "HELO".
- etsi — European Telecommunications Standards Institute
- etui — A small ornamental case for holding needles, cosmetics, and other articles.
- ety. — etymological
- etym — An etymon.
- evet — The common newt or eft.
- exit — A way out, especially of a public building, room, or passenger vehicle.
- ext. — Ext. is the written abbreviation for extension when it is used to refer to a particular telephone number.
- extn — extension
- eyot — (chiefly, British) A little island, especially in a river or lake.
- fate — something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind.
- feat — a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.: Arranging the treaty was a diplomatic feat.