8-letter words containing i, s, r
- ergotism — Poisoning produced by eating food affected by ergot, typically resulting in headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and gangrene of the fingers and toes.
- ericsson — John1803-89; U.S. naval engineer & inventor, born in Sweden: builder of the Monitor
- eridanus — a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar
- eriksson — Sven-Goran (ˈsfɛnˈɡɜːrən). born 1948, Swedish football manager; honours as a club manager include the UEFA Cup (1982) with Gothenburg, three Portuguese league titles with Benfica (1983, 1984, 1990), and the Italian league with Lazio (2000); head coach of the England national team (2001–06)
- eristics — Plural form of eristic.
- erosible — able to be eroded
- erosions — Plural form of erosion.
- erotesis — (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby a question is asked in confident expectation of a negative answer.
- erratics — Plural form of erratic.
- errorist — One who encourages and propagates error.
- escalier — a staircase
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- escurial — Escorial
- esoteric — Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.
- espalier — A fruit tree or ornamental shrub whose branches are trained to grow flat against a wall, supported on a lattice or a framework of stakes.
- esquires — Plural form of esquire.
- essoiner — a person who essoins
- esterify — (chemistry) (of an acid) to combine with an alcohol or (of an alcohol) to combine with an acid, to form an ester.
- esurient — Hungry or greedy.
- etherise — Alternative spelling of etherize.
- etherish — resembling ether
- etherism — an addiction to ether
- etherist — a person who administers ether
- eucharis — any amaryllidaceous plant of the South American genus Eucharis, cultivated for their large white fragrant flowers
- eumerism — a biologic collection of similar parts
- eurasian — Eurasian means concerned with or relating to both Europe and Asia.
- eversion — An act of turning inside out.
- excimers — Plural form of excimer.
- exciters — Plural form of exciter.
- exercise — training, homework
- exersize — Misspelling of exercise.
- exorcise — Drive out or attempt to drive out (an evil spirit ) from a person or place.
- exorcism — The expulsion or attempted expulsion of an evil spirit from a person or place.
- exorcist — A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- fair sex — women as a group (usually used facetiously): an insult to the fair sex.
- fair-use — reasonable and limited use of copyrighted material so as not to infringe upon copyright: The artist's biographer claimed fair use of quotes from unpublished personal letters.
- fairings — Plural form of fairing.
- fairness — the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness: I have to admit, in all fairness, that she would only be paid for part of the work.
- fairways — Plural form of fairway.
- fairyism — fairylike quality.
- fakirism — the beliefs and practices of fakirs
- fanciers — Plural form of fancier.
- faradise — /far'*-di:z/ [US Geological Survey] To start any hyper-addictive process or trend, or to continue adding current to such a trend. Telling one user about a new octo-tetris game you compiled would be a faradising act - in two weeks you might find your entire department playing the faradic game.
- faradism — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- farinose — yielding farina.
- farriers — Plural form of farrier.
- farsight — The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
- feistier — full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
- fermions — Plural form of fermion.