7-letter words containing ei
- keister — the buttocks; rump.
- keitele — Lake, a lake in S Finland. About 175 sq. mi. (455 sq. km).
- keitloa — a variety of the black rhinoceros having the posterior horn equal to or longer than the anterior horn.
- kleiber — Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1890–1956, Austrian orchestra conductor.
- kneeing — Present participle of knee.
- kneidel — (in Jewish cookery) a small dumpling, usually served in chicken soup
- kopeisk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, near the Urals.
- kreisky — Bruno, 1911–90, Austrian diplomat and political leader: chancellor 1970–83.
- kweilin — Guilin.
- kweisui — former name of Hohhot.
- lateish — (colloquial) Quite late.
- leibniz — Gottfried Wilhelm von [German gawt-freet vil-helm fuh n] /German ˈgɔt frit ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1646–1716, German philosopher, writer, and mathematician.
- leichou — a peninsula of SW Guangdong province, in SE China, between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin. About 75 miles (120 km) long; about 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- leipzig — a city in E central Germany.
- leisler — a small bat, Nyctalus leisleri, which has hair on the underside of its arms and which belongs to the family Vespertilionidae
- leister — a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- leisure — freedom from the demands of work or duty: She looked forward to retirement and a life of leisure.
- leitrim — a county of N Republic of Ireland in Connacht province, on Donegal Bay: agricultural. County town: Carrick-on-Shannon. Pop: 25 799 (2002). Area: 1525 sq km (589 sq miles)
- leizhou — a peninsula of SW Guangdong province, in SE China, between the South China Sea and the Gulf of Tonkin. About 75 miles (120 km) long; about 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- lo mein — a Chinese dish of thin noodles stir-fried with vegetables and usually meat or shrimp.
- lorelei — a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800.
- lygaeid — Also called lygaeid bug, lygus bug [lahy-guh s] /ˈlaɪ gəs/ (Show IPA). any of numerous, often brightly marked bugs of the family Lygaeidae, which feed on the juices of plants in both the larval and adult stages and are important pests of cultivated crops and some fruit trees.
- madeira — a group of eight islands off the NW coast of Africa, part of Portugal. 308 sq. mi. (798 sq. km). Capital: Funchal.
- makeing — Misspelling of making.
- meighen — Arthur, 1874–1960, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1920–21, 1926.
- meilhac — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1831–97, French dramatist: collaborator with Ludovic Halévy.
- meillet — Antoine [ahn-twan] /ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, French linguist.
- meinong — Alexius [ah-lek-see-oo s] /ɑˈlɛk si ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1853–1920, Austrian psychologist and philosopher.
- meiosis — Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid. Compare mitosis.
- meiotic — Of or pertaining to meiosis.
- meishis — Plural form of meishi.
- meissen — a city in E central Germany, on the Elbe River: famous for fine porcelain.
- meister — Denoting a person regarded as skilled or prominent in a specified area of activity.
- meitner — Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- midvein — (botany) midrib.
- milreis — a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- moreish — (informal, of food) Causing one to want to have more.
- mülheim — city in W Germany, on the Ruhr, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 177,000
- mullein — any of various plants belonging to the genus Verbascum, of the figwort family, native to the Old World, especially V. thapsus, a tall plant with woolly leaves and a dense spike of yellow flowers.
- mureins — Plural form of murein.
- neibour — Obsolete form of neighbour.
- neighed — Simple past tense and past participle of neigh.
- neilson — William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
- neither — not either; not the one or the other: Neither statement is true.
- nereids — Plural form of nereid.
- niceish — quite nice, fairly nice
- nimeiry — Gaafar Muhammad al- [gah-fahr,, al] /ˈgɑ fɑr,, æl/ (Show IPA), 1930–2009, Sudanese political leader: president 1969–85.
- nucleic — Referring to the nucleus of something. (As nucleic acids are found in the nucleus of cells.).
- nuclein — (biochemistry) A phosphorus-rich protein found in the nucleus of a cell, later specifically nucleohistone or nucleoprotamine; also, any similar compound present in the cell nucleus. (from 19th c.).
- o'neill — Eugene (Gladstone) 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.