7-letter words that end in ate
- narrate — to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- neonate — a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- nervate — (of leaves) having veins.
- newgate — a prison in London, England: torn down 1902.
- nictate — to wink.
- niobate — any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- nitrate — Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- obovate — inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end at the base.
- obviate — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- ocreate — having an ocrea or ocreae; sheathed.
- oculate — Having eyes.
- odonate — belonging or pertaining to the order Odonata, comprising the damselflies and dragonflies.
- of late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- ominate — (obsolete) To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken.
- operate — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- or gate — a circuit that is energized when any of its inputs are energized.
- ostiate — characterized by having ostia
- outdate — to put out of date; make antiquated or obsolete: The advent of the steamship outdated sailing ships as commercial carriers.
- outgate — a way out
- outrate — to receive a better rating than
- overate — simple past tense of overeat.
- ovulate — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- oxalate — any salt or ester of oxalic acid, occurring in plants, especially spinach, rhubarb, and certain other vegetables and nuts, and capable of forming an insoluble salt with calcium and interfering with its absorption by the body.
- oxidate — Geochemistry. any of the class of sediments consisting chiefly of oxides of iron or manganese.
- ozonate — to add ozone to
- paleate — having scales
- palmate — shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
- palpate — to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosing disease or illness.
- pectate — a salt or ester of pectic acid.
- peltate — having the stalk or support attached to the lower surface at a distance from the margin, as a leaf; shield-shaped.
- pennate — winged; feathered.
- phenate — a phenic acid salt
- phonate — to articulate speech sounds, esp to cause the vocal cords to vibrate in the execution of a voiced speech sound
- phorate — a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 1 7 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.
- phytate — a salt or ester of phytic acid, occurring in plants, especially cereal grains, capable of forming insoluble complexes with calcium, zinc, iron, and other nutrients and interfering with their absorption by the body.
- picrate — a salt or ester of picric acid.
- pileate — having a pileus.
- pinnate — resembling a feather, as in construction or arrangement; having parts arranged on each side of a common axis: a pinnate branch; pinnate trees.
- placate — to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- planate — having a plane or flat surface.
- plicate — Also, plicated. folded like a fan; pleated.
- plumate — resembling a feather, as a hair or bristle that bears smaller hairs.
- portate — sitting diagonally across a heraldic shield
- predate — to date before the actual time; antedate: He predated the check by three days.
- prelate — an ecclesiastic of a high order, as an archbishop, bishop, etc.; a church dignitary.
- primate — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- private — privacy
- probate — Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- prolate — elongated along the polar diameter, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its longer axis (opposed to oblate).
- pronate — to turn into a prone position; to rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the surface of the palm is downward or toward the back; to turn (the sole of the foot) outward so that the inner edge of the foot bears the weight when standing.