8-letter words containing y, e, t, i
- hauynite — a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
- heartily — in a hearty manner; cordially: He was greeted heartily.
- hecticly — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- helicity — Helical character, especially of DNA.
- heredity — the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.
- hermitry — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- holytide — a time of religious observances.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- ice tray — container for freezing water into cubes
- ideality — ideal quality or character.
- identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identity — the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones, as under varying aspects or conditions: The identity of the fingerprints on the gun with those on file provided evidence that he was the killer.
- idiotype — the molecular arrangement of amino acids unique to the antigen-binding site of a particular antibody.
- idoneity — appropriate; fit; suitable; apt.
- ileotomy — (surgery) cutting into the ileum; ileostomy.
- in style — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
- inequity — lack of equity; unfairness; favoritism or bias.
- innately — existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.
- intently — firmly or steadfastly fixed or directed, as the eyes or mind: an intent gaze.
- interlay — to lay between; interpose.
- intirely — Obsolete spelling of entirely.
- intirety — Archaic spelling of entirety.
- inverity — the state or quality of being untrue
- iodyrite — a mineral, AgI, that is a naturally occurring form of silver iodide, is yellowish or greenish in colour, is found in parts of Central and South America, and is hexagonal in shape
- isohyets — Plural form of isohyet.
- isometry — equality of measure.
- jejunity — without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
- kibibyte — (computing) Strictly, 210 (1,024) bytes, as opposed to a kilobyte.
- kilobyte — 1024 (2 10) bytes.
- lecythis — any very tall tree of the genus Lecythis
- legality — the state or quality of being in conformity with the law; lawfulness.
- legerity — physical or mental quickness; nimbleness; agility.
- libertys — a town in W Missouri.
- lientery — a form of diarrhea in which the food is discharged undigested or only partly digested.
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- literacy — the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- literary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- litherly — crafty, cunning, or mischievous
- lysithea — a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- maitreya — the future Buddha
- mcintyre — James Francis Aloysius, 1886–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: cardinal from 1953; archbishop of Los Angeles 1948–70.
- mebibyte — (computing) 220 (1,048,576) bytes. Abbreviated MiB.
- megacity — a city having a population of one million or more.
- meiocyte — a cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores (meiospores)
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- methysis — drunkenness
- minutely — occurring every minute.