8-letter words containing s, i, l, a
- engrails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrail.
- ensilage — The process of producing silage by the fermentation of green fodder.
- entrails — A person or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed.
- epiblast — The outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.
- episomal — (biology) Pertaining to an episome or DNA fragments not contained within a chromosome.
- equalise — (UK) Alternative form of equalize.
- equalism — Any of several forms of egalitarianism (advocacy of equality) concerned with establishing sexual, racial, class or other equality.
- 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
- 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.
- especial — Better or greater than usual; special.
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- evasible — That can be evaded.
- exclaims — Plural form of exclaim.
- explains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain.
- fabulism — (literature) A form of magic realism in which fantastical elements are placed into an everyday setting.
- fabulist — a person who invents or relates fables.
- failings — Plural form of failing.
- failsafe — Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly.
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- faisal i — 1885–1933, king of Syria 1920; king of Iraq 1921–33.
- faliscan — a member of an ancient people who inhabited southern Etruria.
- fallfish — a large minnow, Semotilus corporalis, of eastern North America.
- families — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- familism — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- familist — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- fantails — Plural form of fantail.
- faq list — frequently asked question
- fascicle — a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
- fasciola — (anatomy) A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.
- fasciole — one of the spine-bearing bands of tubercles found on spatangoid sea-urchins
- fatalism — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
- fatalist — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
- feasible — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- feasibly — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- feisal i — 1885–1933, king of Syria 1920; king of Iraq 1921–33.
- festival — a day or time of religious or other celebration, marked by feasting, ceremonies, or other observances: the festival of Christmas; a Roman festival.
- fetialis — (in Ancient Rome) a priest who was responsible for the sanctioning of treaties and making declarations of war or peace
- filmstar — Alternative spelling of film star.
- finagles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finagle.
- finalise — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- finalism — the doctrine or belief that all events are determined by their purposes or goals.
- finalist — a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- fiscally — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- fishable — that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams.
- fishball — A Chinese food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball.
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fishtail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fissural — Pertaining to a fissure or fissures.