8-letter words containing i, a
- abietate — a salt or ester of abietic acid.
- abigails — Plural form of abigail.
- abingdon — a market town in S England, in Oxfordshire. Pop: 36 010 (2001)
- abington — urban township in SE Pa., near Philadelphia: pop. 56,000
- abiocoen — The non-living components of an environment, such as water, soil, air, etc.
- abiogeny — (biology) abiogenesis.
- abiology — The sciences, such as geology and astronomy, that collectively deal with inorganic or lifeless bodies.
- abitrary — Misspelling of arbitrary.
- abjuring — Present participle of abjure.
- abkhazia — a disputed region of NW Georgia, between the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains: a subtropical region, with mountains rising over 3900 m (13 000 ft); Abkhazian separatists seized control of the region in 1993; Russia formally recognized it as an independent republic following the Russian-Georgian war of 2008, although Georgia still claims the region as part of its territory. Capital: Sukhumi. Pop: 220 600 (2006 est). Area: 8600 sq km (3320 sq miles)
- ablating — Present participle of ablate.
- ablation — the surgical removal of an organ, structure, or part
- ablative — (in certain inflected languages such as Latin) denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument, manner, or place of the action described by the verb
- abligate — (obsolete) To tie up so as to hinder from.
- abluting — Present participle of ablute.
- ablution — the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
- aboideau — a dyke with a sluicegate that allows flood water to drain but keeps the sea water out
- aboiteau — (Canada, Acadia) alternate form of aboideau.
- aborigin — (obsolete) Aborigine. (Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 19th century.).
- aborning — while being born, developed, or realized (esp in the phrase die aborning)
- aborting — Present participle of abort.
- abortion — If a woman has an abortion, she ends her pregnancy deliberately so that the baby is not born alive.
- abortive — An abortive attempt or action is unsuccessful.
- abrachia — the congenital condition of having no arms
- abrading — Present participle of abrade.
- abraided — Simple past tense and past participle of abraid.
- abrasion — An abrasion is an area on a person's body where the skin has been scraped.
- abrasive — Someone who has an abrasive manner is unkind and rude.
- abration — Misspelling of abrasion.
- abricock — an apricot
- abridged — An abridged book or play has been made shorter by removing some parts of it.
- abridger — One who abridges. (First attested in the mid 16th century.).
- abridges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge.
- abristle — Bristling.
- abscisic — Of or pertaining to abscisic acid or its derivatives. (First attested in the mid 20th century.).
- abscisin — a plant hormone that plays a major role in adapting plants to suit different weather conditions
- abscissa — the horizontal or x-coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates. It is the distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis
- abseiled — Simple past tense and past participle of abseil.
- abseiler — Someone who abseils.
- absentia — Absence.
- absinthe — Absinthe is a very strong alcoholic drink that is green and tastes bitter.
- abstains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstain.
- abstrict — to make (a spore) undergo abstriction
- abutilon — any shrub or herbaceous plant of the malvaceous genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, that have showy white, yellow, or red flowers
- abutting — to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against): This piece of land abuts on a street.
- academia — Academia refers to all the academics in a particular country or region, the institutions they work in, and their work.
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- acanthin — an organic chemical used in medicine as a treatment for snake venom
- acardiac — (medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart.
- acarigua — city in NW Venezuela: pop. 126,000