8-letter words containing y, e, t
- greylist — to hold (someone) in suspicion, without actually excluding him or her from a particular activity
- gyrolite — calcium silicate hydroxide in a hydrated form
- hatchery — a place for hatching eggs of hens, fish, etc., especially a large, commercial or government site where the young are hatched, cared for, and sold or distributed.
- hatchety — resembling a hatchet
- hauynite — a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
- headstay — (on a sailing vessel) a stay leading forward from the head of the foremost mast to the stem head or the end of the bowsprit.
- heartily — in a hearty manner; cordially: He was greeted heartily.
- heatedly — made hot or hotter; warmed.
- heathery — of or like heather.
- heavyset — having a large body build.
- hecticly — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- hectorly — in the manner of a hector
- helicity — Helical character, especially of DNA.
- hemocyte — a blood cell.
- 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- hermitry — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- herstory — history (used especially in feminist literature and in women's studies as an alternative form to distinguish or emphasize the particular experience of women).
- holotype — the type specimen used in the original description of a species.
- holytide — a time of religious observances.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- homotype — an organ or part having a structure similar to that of another organ or part; homologue.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- honeypot — a pot, as of glass or silver, for storing and serving honey.
- hostelry — an inn or hotel.
- hueytown — a town in central Alabama.
- hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- hymettus — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens. 3370 feet (1027 meters).
- hypernet — (Internet) the Internet inclusive of smartphones and WiFi networks.
- hypester — a person or organization that gives an idea or product intense publicity in order to promote it
- hypnotee — a person being hypnotized
- hypothec — Roman and Civil Law. a mortgage or security held by a creditor on the property of a debtor without possession of it, created either by agreement or by operation of law.
- 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.
- hystero- — indicating the uterus
- hytelnet — (networking) A hypertext database of publicly accessible Internet sites created and maintained by Peter Scott <[email protected]>. Hytelnet currently lists over 1400 sites, including Libraries, Campus-Wide Information Systems, Gopher, WAIS, WWW and Freenets. Hytelnet software is available for the IBM PC, Macintosh, Unix and VMS systems. Mailing list: [email protected] (no subject, body: subscribe hytelnet FirstName LastName).
- 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.