8-letter words containing eth
- ethicist — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).
- ethicize — to make or consider as ethical
- ethiopia — country in East Africa
- ethiopic — the ancient language of Ethiopia, belonging to the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family: a Christian liturgical language
- ethmoids — Plural form of ethmoid.
- ethnarch — (historical, Ancient Greece) The governor of a province or people.
- ethnical — (rare) Ethnic.
- ethnicon — Name of a tribe, ethnonym.
- ethnonym — The name of an ethnic group.
- ethogram — a description of an animal's behaviour
- ethology — The science of animal behavior.
- ethoxide — any of a class of saltlike compounds with the formula MOC2H5, where M is a metal atom
- ethylate — (organic chemistry) To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound.
- ethylene — A flammable hydrocarbon gas of the alkene series, occurring in natural gas, coal gas, and crude oil and given off by ripening fruit. It is used in chemical synthesis, especially in the manufacture of polyethylene.
- existeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exist.
- eyeteeth — Plural form of eyetooth.
- fainteth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'faint'.
- fiftieth — next after the forty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 50.
- fighteth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'fight'.
- fortieth — next after the thirty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 40.
- goethals — George Washington, 1858–1928, U.S. major general and engineer: chief engineer of the Panama Canal 1907–14; governor of the Canal Zone 1914–16.
- goethite — a very common mineral, iron hydroxide, HFeO 2 , occurring in crystals, but more commonly in yellow or brown earthy masses: an ore of iron.
- groaneth — Archaic third-person singular form of groan.
- haroseth — a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by Israelite slaves in Egypt.
- hatcheth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hatch.
- hundreth — Eye dialect of hundredth.
- isopleth — a line drawn on a map through all points having the same numerical value, as of a population figure or geographic measurement.
- knitteth — Archaic third-person singular form of knit.
- koheleth — the book of Ecclesiastes.
- laugheth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'laugh'.
- lethally — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- marybeth — a female given name.
- meddleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of meddle.
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- methanal — formaldehyde.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- methinks — It seems to me.
- methodic — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- methoxyl — containing the methoxy group.
- methylal — a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C 3 H 8 O 2 , having a chloroformlike odor, used chiefly as a solvent, in perfumery, and in organic synthesis.
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- methysis — drunkenness
- nazareth — a town in N Israel: the childhood home of Jesus.
- offereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of offer.
- phaethon — a son of Helios who borrowed the chariot of the sun and drove it so close to earth that Zeus struck him down to save the world.
- plethora — overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
- rethread — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- seething — to surge or foam as if boiling.
- sixtieth — next after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60.