8-letter words containing i
- aborigin — (obsolete) Aborigine. (Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 19th century.).
- aborning — while being born, developed, or realized (esp in the phrase die aborning)
- aborting — Present participle of abort.
- abortion — If a woman has an abortion, she ends her pregnancy deliberately so that the baby is not born alive.
- abortive — An abortive attempt or action is unsuccessful.
- abrachia — the congenital condition of having no arms
- abrading — Present participle of abrade.
- abraided — Simple past tense and past participle of abraid.
- abrasion — An abrasion is an area on a person's body where the skin has been scraped.
- abrasive — Someone who has an abrasive manner is unkind and rude.
- abration — Misspelling of abrasion.
- abricock — an apricot
- abridged — An abridged book or play has been made shorter by removing some parts of it.
- abridger — One who abridges. (First attested in the mid 16th century.).
- abridges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge.
- abristle — Bristling.
- abscisic — Of or pertaining to abscisic acid or its derivatives. (First attested in the mid 20th century.).
- abscisin — a plant hormone that plays a major role in adapting plants to suit different weather conditions
- abscissa — the horizontal or x-coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates. It is the distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis
- abseiled — Simple past tense and past participle of abseil.
- abseiler — Someone who abseils.
- absentia — Absence.
- absinthe — Absinthe is a very strong alcoholic drink that is green and tastes bitter.
- abstains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstain.
- abstrict — to make (a spore) undergo abstriction
- abutilon — any shrub or herbaceous plant of the malvaceous genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, that have showy white, yellow, or red flowers
- abutting — to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against): This piece of land abuts on a street.
- academia — Academia refers to all the academics in a particular country or region, the institutions they work in, and their work.
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- acanthin — an organic chemical used in medicine as a treatment for snake venom
- acardiac — (medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart.
- acarigua — city in NW Venezuela: pop. 126,000
- acauline — having no stem
- accadian — the eastern Semitic language, now extinct, of Assyria and Babylonia, written with a cuneiform script.
- acceding — to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- accident — An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
- accismus — (rhetoric) Feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
- acclaims — Plural form of acclaim.
- accredit — If an educational qualification or institution is accredited, it is officially declared to be of an approved standard.
- accruing — to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
- accurize — to improve the accuracy of (a firearm).
- accusing — If you look at someone with an accusing expression or speak to them in an accusing tone of voice, you are showing that you think they have done something wrong.
- accusive — Accusative.
- ace-high — esteemed; respected
- acentric — without a centre
- aceramic — not producing pottery: an aceramic South American culture.
- acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
- acervuli — Plural form of acervulus.
- acetonic — Of, pertaining to, or producing acetone.
- acetylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the acetyl group.