8-letter words containing a, s, t, i
- distally — situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal. Compare proximal.
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distaste — dislike; disinclination.
- distopia — Misspelling of dystopia.
- distract — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distrail — dissipation trail.
- distrain — to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- distrait — inattentive because of distracting worries, fears, etc.; absent-minded.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- doxastic — Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion; conjectural.
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- dynastic — Pertaining to a dynasty.
- dystaxia — (pathology, rare) ataxia.
- dystaxic — relating to or affected by dystaxia
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- earliest — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- eastings — Plural form of easting.
- eastlins — in an eastward direction
- eastmain — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing W to James Bay. 510 miles (821 km) long.
- eastside — (US) The east side of a district or city.
- eat shit — to be humble or undergo humiliation
- eateries — Plural form of eaterie.
- ecstatic — of, relating to, or characterized by ecstasy or a state of sudden, intense, overpowering emotion: an ecstatic frenzy; ecstatic cheering for the winning team.
- elastick — Obsolete form of elastic.
- elastics — Plural form of elastic.
- elations — Plural form of elation.
- emirates — Plural form of emirate.
- enations — Plural form of enation.
- entastic — characterized by spasms
- entrails — A person or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed.
- entrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of entrain.
- epiblast — The outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.
- epinasty — (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
- epitaphs — Plural form of epitaph.
- epitases — Plural form of epitasis.
- epitasis — (ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins.
- equiseta — Plural form of equisetum.
- erastian — of or supporting Thomas Erastus or his doctrines
- ergastic — consisting of the non-living by-products of protoplasmic activity
- erratics — Plural form of erratic.
- escapist — Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
- essayist — A person who writes essays, especially as a literary genre.
- estancia — A cattle ranch in Latin America or the southwestern US.
- esthesia — Alternative spelling of aesthesia.
- esthonia — Estonia
- estimate — Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.
- estivate — (of an animal, particularly an insect, fish, or amphibian) spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state of torpor or dormancy.