8-letter words containing ei
- seizable — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- seize on — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- seize up — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- shar pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- shar-pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- sleipnir — the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- sondheim — Stephen (Joshua) born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.
- steichen — Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- steinbok — steenbok.
- steinitz — William (Wilhelm Steinitz) 1836–1900, U.S. chess player, born in Austria-Hungary.
- steinman — David Barnard, 1886–1960, U.S. civil engineer: specialist in bridge design and construction.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- stroheim — Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
- tarpeian — designating or of a cliff on the Capitoline Hill in Rome from which traitors to the state were hurled to their death
- teiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- terceira — an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 153 sq. mi. (395 sq. km). Capital: Angra do Heroismo.
- the veil — the life of a nun in a religious order and the obligations entailed by it
- theistic — the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- tracheid — an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support. Compare vessel (def 5).
- transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- triolein — olein (def 1).
- unageing — not ageing or seeming not to age
- unreined — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- unseeing — the act of a person who sees.
- unseized — not seized
- unveiled — not hidden by a veil or other covering; bare.
- unveiler — someone who or that which removes a veil (literally or figuratively); someone who unveils or reveals
- unveined — not veined; not having veins; not marked with veins or vein-like lines
- unweight — Skiing. to lessen downward force and friction between the skis and the snow by a quick upward or downward shifting of the body or by using bumps in the terrain.
- urheimat — the primeval habitation of a people, especially the prehistoric homeland of the speakers of a protolanguage.
- veinulet — a small vein.
- velleity — volition in its weakest form.
- vogueing — a dance style of the late 1980s, in which a fashion model's movements and postures are imitated in a highly stylized manner
- waldheim — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations 1972–82; president of Austria 1986–92.
- wanweird — (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Misfortune; ill or unhappy fate.
- weichsel — a river in Poland, flowing N from the Carpathian Mountains past Warsaw into the Baltic near Danzig. About 650 miles (1050 km) long.
- weigelas — Plural form of weigela.
- weigh in — the act or an instance of weighing in: After the weigh-in the fighters posed for photographers.
- weigh on — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- weigh up — compare
- weigh-in — the act or an instance of weighing in: After the weigh-in the fighters posed for photographers.
- weighage — a duty paid for weighing goods
- weighers — Plural form of weigher.
- weighing — to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- weighman — a person whose occupation is weighing goods, produce, etc.
- weighted — having additional weight.
- weighter — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- weinberg — Steven. born 1933, US physicist, who shared the Nobel prize for physics (1979) with Sheldon Glashow and Abdus Salam for his role in formulating the electroweak theory