8-letter words containing epi
- episodic — Containing or consisting of a series of loosely connected parts or events.
- episomal — (biology) Pertaining to an episome or DNA fragments not contained within a chromosome.
- episomes — Plural form of episome.
- episperm — (botany) The outer, protective layer of the seed of a flowering plant.
- epispore — the outer layer of certain spores
- episteme — (philosophy) Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with 'empiricism'.
- epistler — A writer of an epistle.
- epistles — Plural form of epistle.
- epistome — (zoology) a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids.
- epistyle — architrave (sense 1)
- epitaphs — Plural form of epitaph.
- epitases — Plural form of epitasis.
- epitasis — (ancient drama) The second part of a play, in which the action begins.
- epitaxic — relating to epitaxy
- epitheca — (microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- epithema — a horny outgrowth on the beaks of birds
- epithets — An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
- epitomes — Plural form of epitome.
- epitomic — Embodying, summarizing, encapsulating.
- epitonic — undergoing too great a strain
- epitopes — Plural form of epitope.
- epitrite — a metrical foot with three long syllables and one short one
- epizoite — an organism that lives on an animal but is not parasitic on it
- epizooty — an epizootic disease
- eyepiece — The lens or group of lenses that is closest to the eye in a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument.
- firepink — a herbaceous wildflower with scarlet flowers, Silene virginica, belonging to the pink family and native to the Eastern US
- fivepins — a bowling game using five pins, played esp in Canada
- hennepin — Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1640?–1701? Belgian Roman Catholic missionary and explorer in America.
- hosepipe — (UK, South Africa, Southern US) A flexible pipe for carrying water or other liquids; a garden hose.
- intrepid — resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer.
- jerepigo — a usually red heavy dessert wine
- lepidote — covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots.
- mapepire — (Trinidad and Tobago) The venomous snake Lachesis muta.
- nepionic — of or relating to the juvenile period in the life cycle of an organism
- ninepins — (used with a singular verb) tenpins played without the head pin.
- repining — to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- schepisi — Fred, full name Frederick Alan Schepisi. born 1939, Australian film director. His films include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Last Orders (2001), and The Eye of the Storm (2011)
- sepiment — a hedge or fence that acts as a dividing line
- sheepish — embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
- shelepin — Alexandr Nikolayevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–1994, Soviet government official.
- sleepily — ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
- sleeping — the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- steeping — to soak in water or other liquid, as to soften, cleanse, or extract some constituent: to steep tea in boiling-hot water; to steep reeds for basket weaving.
- steepish — somewhat or a little steep
- sweeping — of wide range or scope.
- tepidity — moderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water.
- tholepin — thole1
- toepiece — toecap.