8-letter words containing i, s, e
- esurient — Hungry or greedy.
- étatisme — the authoritarian control by the state
- etchings — Plural form of etching.
- etherise — Alternative spelling of etherize.
- etherish — resembling ether
- etherism — an addiction to ether
- etherist — a person who administers ether
- ethicise — Alt form ethicize.
- ethicism — devotion to ethical principles
- ethicist — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).
- ethmoids — Plural form of ethmoid.
- eucharis — any amaryllidaceous plant of the South American genus Eucharis, cultivated for their large white fragrant flowers
- eugenics — The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics. Developed largely by Francis Galton as a method of improving the human race, it fell into disfavor only after the perversion of its doctrines by the Nazis.
- eugenism — the practice or advocacy of eugenics
- eugenist — An advocate or supporter of eugenics. (from 20th c.).
- eulogies — Plural form of eulogy.
- eulogise — To praise, celebrate or pay homage to someone, especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.
- eulogism — (rare) eulogistic language.
- eulogist — A speaker who delivers a funeral oration (eulogy) for a deceased person.
- eumerism — a biologic collection of similar parts
- eupepsia — Good digestion.
- euphuism — An artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking.
- euphuist — One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; applied especially to a class of writers, in the age of w Elizabeth I, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
- eurasian — Eurasian means concerned with or relating to both Europe and Asia.
- eusebius — ?265–?340 ad, bishop of Caesarea: author of a history of the Christian Church to 324 ad
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- eustatic — Of or pertaining to eustasy.
- eustelic — Of or possessing a eustele.
- evasible — That can be evaded.
- evasions — Plural form of evasion.
- evenings — Plural form of evening.
- eversion — An act of turning inside out.
- evilness — The quality or state of being evil.
- evulsion — (now rare) The action of forcibly pulling something out.
- examines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of examine.
- excimers — Plural form of excimer.
- excising — Present participle of excise.
- excision — The deletion of some text during editing.
- excisive — Relating to, or causing excision.
- exciters — Plural form of exciter.
- excitons — Plural form of exciton.
- exclaims — Plural form of exclaim.
- excusing — Present participle of excuse.
- excusion — Misspelling of excursion.
- excusive — tending to excuse; excusing
- exegesis — Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.
- exequies — (obsolete) Plural form of exequy.
- exercise — training, homework
- exersize — Misspelling of exercise.
- exessive — (grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state.