8-letter words containing ati
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- donative — a gift or donation.
- dotation — an endowment.
- dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- ecstatic — of, relating to, or characterized by ecstasy or a state of sudden, intense, overpowering emotion: an ecstatic frenzy; ecstatic cheering for the winning team.
- elations — Plural form of elation.
- emphatic — Showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly.
- enations — Plural form of enation.
- equating — Present participle of equate.
- equation — A statement that the values of two mathematical expressions are equal (indicated by the sign =).
- equative — (grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being an equative.
- ergative — Relating to or denoting a case of nouns (in some languages, e.g., Basque and Eskimo) that identifies the subject of a transitive verb and is different from the case that identifies the subject of an intransitive verb.
- erratick — Obsolete form of erratic.
- erratics — Plural form of erratic.
- étatisme — the authoritarian control by the state
- eustatic — Of or pertaining to eustasy.
- exgratia — (chiefly, India) Alternative form of ex gratia.
- fanatics — Plural form of fanatic.
- fanatism — Excessive intolerance of opposing views.
- fatigued — of or relating to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them: The guerrilla band wore fatigue pants and field jackets. She brought fatigue shorts to wear on the hike.
- fatigues — weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
- fatimite — a descendant of Fatima and Ali
- fellatio — oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- fetation — the state of pregnancy
- fixating — Present participle of fixate.
- fixation — the act of fixing or the state of being fixed.
- fixative — serving to fix; making fixed or permanent.
- flatiron — a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- floating — being buoyed up on water or other liquid.
- flokatis — Plural form of flokati.
- frascati — a fruity white wine from Rome.
- galatian — an ancient country in central Asia Minor: later a Roman province; site of an early Christian community.
- galatine — galantine.
- gallatin — Albert, 1761–1849, U.S. statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1801–13.
- ganapati — (Hinduism) Lord of the demigods attending on Shiva. An epithet of Ganesha.
- gatineau — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Hull.
- gelatine — a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- gelatins — Plural form of gelatin.
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- gloating — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- gradatim — (in prescriptions) by degrees; gradually.
- gratinee — to cook (food) au gratin
- gratings — Plural form of grating.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- gregatim — in flocks or crowds
- gujarati — an Indic language of western India.
- guttatim — (in prescriptions) drop by drop.