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8-letter words containing e, t, i

  • canoeist — A canoeist is someone who is skilled at racing and performing tests of skill in a canoe.
  • canotier — a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
  • canticle — a nonmetrical hymn, derived from the Bible and used in the liturgy of certain Christian churches
  • capetian — a member of the dynasty founded by Hugh Capet, which ruled France from 987–1328 ad
  • capitate — shaped like a head, as certain flowers or inflorescences
  • capitule — (obsolete) A summary.
  • capriote — a native or inhabitant of Capri.
  • captaine — Obsolete spelling of captain.
  • captived — Simple past tense and past participle of captive.
  • captives — Plural form of captive; persons held prisoner.
  • carinate — having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel
  • caritive — (in certain inflected languages, especially of the Caucasian group) abessive.
  • casteism — the belief in, and adherence to, the caste system
  • castries — the capital and chief port of St Lucia. Pop: 14 000 (2005 est)
  • cat line — A cat line is a thin cable which is used with other equipment to move small parts of a rig or drill string.
  • catamite — a boy kept for sexual purposes
  • catbrier — any prickly vines of the genus Smilax, such as greenbrier
  • catechin — a soluble yellow solid substance found in catechu and mahogany wood and used in tanning and dyeing. Formula: C15H14O6
  • catenoid — the geometrical surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis
  • caterina — a female given name, form of Catherine.
  • catering — Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example at weddings and parties.
  • cathexis — concentration of psychic energy on a single goal
  • catiline — Latin name Lucius Sergius Catilina. ?108–62 bc, Roman politician: organized an unsuccessful conspiracy against Cicero (63–62)
  • catslide — (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
  • cattiest — catlike; feline.
  • caudaite — a small meteorite, generally less than one half millimeter in diameter, containing crystals of more or less pure magnetite.
  • cavitate — to form cavities or bubbles
  • cavitied — Having cavities.
  • cavities — Plural form of cavity.
  • cd tilde — /C-D til-d*/ To go home. From the Unix C shell and Korn-shell command "cd ~", which takes one to one's "$HOME" directory. "cd" with no arguments does the same thing.
  • cei-pact — Central European Initiative on Parallel Computation.
  • ceinture — cincture (defs 1, 2).
  • celerity — rapidity; swiftness; speed
  • celibate — Someone who is celibate does not marry or have sex, because of their religious beliefs.
  • cellists — Plural form of cellist.
  • celloist — (rare) synonym of cellist.
  • cenobite — a member of a religious order living in a monastery or convent
  • centeric — Misspelling of centric.
  • centesis — the surgical puncturing of a part of the body with a hollow needle in order to extract fluid
  • centiare — a unit of area equal to one square metre
  • centibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/100 (0.01) bar or 10,000 dynes per square centimeter.
  • centiday — One one-hundredth (1/100) of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
  • centimes — Plural form of centime.
  • centimos — Plural form of centimo.
  • centinel — Obsolete spelling of sentinel.
  • centiped — Archaic form of centipede.
  • centoist — a person who composes centos
  • centries — Plural form of centry.
  • centring — a temporary structure, esp one made of timber, used to support an arch during construction
  • centrism — (especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
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