8-letter words containing r, e, t, a, i
- ganister — a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- gantries — Plural form of gantry.
- gaultier — Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pɔl). born 1952, French fashion designer
- gematria — a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
- giftware — china, crystal, or other items suitable for gifts.
- gradient — the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- granites — Plural form of granite.
- graphite — a very common mineral, soft native carbon, occurring in black to dark-gray foliated masses, with metallic luster and greasy feel: used for pencil leads, as a lubricant, and for making crucibles and other refractories; plumbago; black lead.
- gratinee — to cook (food) au gratin
- gregatim — in flocks or crowds
- grievant — a person who submits a complaint for arbitration.
- griptape — a rough tape for sticking to a surface to provide a greater grip
- hair net — a cap of loose net, as of silk or nylon, for holding the hair in place.
- hairiest — covered with hair; having much hair.
- hairnets — Plural form of hairnet.
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- heartier — Comparative form of hearty.
- hearties — Plural form of hearty.
- heartily — in a hearty manner; cordially: He was greeted heartily.
- hearting — Present participle of heart.
- heathier — heathery.
- hebraist — a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- heritage — something that is handed down from the past, as a tradition: a national heritage of honor, pride, and courage.
- herniate — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- hetairai — hetaera.
- hetairia — a society or association
- hetarism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hieratic — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- hit rate — (architecture) The fraction of all memory reads which are satisfied from the cache.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- ice tray — container for freezing water into cubes
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- illtreat — Alternative form of ill-treat.
- immature — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- impacter — a person or thing that impacts.
- imparted — Simple past tense and past participle of impart.
- imparter — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- imperate — (obsolete) Done by express direction; not involuntary; commanded.
- in tears — crying, weeping
- inaurate — gilded or gleaming as if gilded
- increate — not created; uncreated.
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- inerrant — free from error; infallible.
- inertial — inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- inertias — Plural form of inertia.
- inflater — A pump used to inflate tires.
- ingather — to gather or bring in, as a harvest.