8-letter words containing eti
- enuretic — Pertaining to, or afflicted by, enuresis; tending to wet the bed.
- eremetic — Of or pertaining to eremites, reclusive, isolated.
- erotetic — pertaining to a rhetorical question
- esthetic — Alternative spelling of aesthetic.
- etiolate — To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
- etiology — The cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.
- exegetic — Of or pertaining to exegesis; explanatory.
- facetiae — Pornographic literature.
- facetime — Alternative form of face time.
- faceting — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- fetialis — (in Ancient Rome) a priest who was responsible for the sanctioning of treaties and making declarations of war or peace
- feticide — the act of destroying a fetus or causing an abortion.
- fetidity — the state or quality of being fetid
- fetishes — Plural form of fetish.
- fleeting — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- foretime — former or past time; the past.
- frenetic — frantic; frenzied.
- gaieties — Plural form of gaiety.
- gangetic — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- genetics — Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
- genetive — Alternative spelling of genitive.
- geodetic — pertaining to geodesy.
- greeting — the act or words of a person who greets.
- helvetia — an Alpine region in Roman times, corresponding to the W and N parts of Switzerland.
- helvetic — a Swiss Protestant; Zwinglian.
- helvetii — a Celtic tribe from SW Germany who settled in Helvetia from about 200 bc
- heretick — Obsolete form of heretic.
- heretics — Plural form of heretic.
- hermetic — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- herpetic — of, relating to, or caused by herpes.
- hometime — The time when pupils go home at the end of the school day.
- hormetic — of or relating to hormesis
- impetigo — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- incretin — (biochemistry) A gastrointestinal hormone causing an increase in the amount of insulin released from the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans after eating, even before blood glucose levels become elevated.
- japhetic — of or relating to Japheth.
- ketimine — (organic chemistry) An imine derived from a ketone; general formula R2C=NR.
- kinetics — the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- laetitia — a female given name.
- lifetime — the time that the life of someone or something continues; the term of a life: peace within our lifetime.
- limnetic — pertaining to or living in the open water of a freshwater pond or lake.
- lucretia — Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- lutetium — a trivalent rare-earth element. Symbol: Lu; atomic weight: 174.97; atomic number: 71.
- magnetic — of or relating to a magnet or magnetism.
- meetings — Plural form of meeting.
- memetics — (philosophy) /me-met'iks/ The study of memes. As of mid-1993, this is still an extremely informal and speculative endeavor, though the first steps toward at least statistical rigor have been made by H. Keith Henson and others. Memetics is a popular topic for speculation among hackers, who like to see themselves as the architects of the new information ecologies in which memes live and replicate.
- meticais — Plural form of metical.
- mimetics — Plural form of mimetic.
- mimetism — mimicry (defs 1, 3).
- mimetite — a mineral, lead chloroarsenate, Pb 5 As 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring in yellow to brown prismatic crystals or globular masses: a minor ore of lead.
- moieties — Plural form of moiety.