8-letter words containing i, s, r
- ironness — Quality of being iron.
- ironside — ("Ironside") a.d. c980–1016, English king 1016: defeated by Canute.
- iroquois — a member of a North American Indian confederacy, the Five Nations, comprising the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas, and later the Tuscaroras.
- irrision — (obsolete) The act of laughing at another; derision.
- irrisory — Expressing irrision; mocking.
- isarithm — isopleth.
- isaurian — of or relating to Isauria, an ancient district of S central Asia Minor, or its inhabitants
- iscariot — the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- ischuria — Ischury.
- isegoria — Equality of all in freedom of speech.
- iserlohn — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia,W Germany.
- ishiguro — Kazuo [kah-zoo-oh,, kaz-oo-oh] /ˈkɑ zuˌoʊ,, ˈkæz uˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1954, English novelist, born in Japan.
- islander — a native or inhabitant of an island.
- iso-reel — the exposed film of one or more isolated cameras that is ready for editing.
- isobaric — Meteorology. having or showing equal barometric pressure.
- isobront — a line on a weather map or chart connecting various points where a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
- isochore — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- isochron — A line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
- isocracy — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- isocryme — a line on a map connecting points that have the same temperature during the coldest period of a year
- isograft — syngraft.
- isograms — Plural form of isogram.
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isolator — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- isomeric — of, relating to, or displaying isomerism.
- isometry — equality of measure.
- isomorph — an organism that is isomorphic with another or others.
- isoprene — a colorless, volatile, water-insoluble liquid, C 5 H 8 , of the terpene class, usually obtained from rubber or from oil of turpentine by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of synthetic rubber by polymerization.
- isospory — the condition of having spores of only one kind
- isostere — Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- isothere — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points that have the same mean summer temperature.
- isotherm — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- isotropy — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- issachar — a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:18.
- isserlis — Steven (John). born 1958, British cellist
- iterates — Plural form of iterate.
- janitors — Plural form of janitor.
- jarosite — a yellowish or brownish mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and iron, KFe 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , occurring in small crystals or large masses.
- jaybirds — Plural form of jaybird.
- jeerings — Plural form of jeering.
- jeffries — James J. 1875–1953, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1899–1905.
- jerkings — Plural form of jerking.
- joinders — Plural form of joinder.
- jointers — Plural form of jointer.
- journies — Plural form of journy.
- joyrides — Plural form of joyride.
- junipers — Plural form of juniper.
- jurassic — noting or pertaining to a period of the Mesozoic Epoch, occurring from 190 to 140 million years ago and characterized by an abundance of dinosaurs and the advent of birds and mammals.
- juristic — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
- justicer — a judge or magistrate.