8-letter words containing i
- -tropism — indicating a tendency to turn or develop in response to a certain stimulus
- -visaged — having a visage as specified
- 3station — (computer, networking) The archetypal diskless workstation, developed by Bob Metcalfe at 3Com and first available in 1986/1987. The 3Station/2E had a 10 MHz 80286 processor, 1 MB of RAM (expandable to 5 MB), VGA compatible graphics with 256 KB of video RAM, and integrated AUI/BNC network transceivers for LAN access. The product used a single printed-circuit board with four custom ASICs. It had no floppy disk drive or hard disk, it was booted from a server and stored all end-user files there. 3Com advertised "significant cost savings" due to the 3Station's ease of installation and low maintenance (this would now be referred to under the banner of "TCO"). The 3Station cost somewhere between an IBM PC clone and an IBM PC of the day. It was not commercially successful.
- 56k line — (communications) A digital connection (possibly a leased line, possibly switched) capable of carrying 56 kbps. Compare DS0.
- a bit of — rather
- a droite — to the right.
- a into g — arse into gear (esp in the phrase get your A into G)
- a little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- a priori — An a priori argument, reason, or probability is based on an assumed principle or fact, rather than on actual observed facts.
- a trifle — You can use a trifle to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order to make something you say seem less extreme.
- aaronite — one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- ab intra — from within
- abailard — Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), Abélard.
- abapical — away from or opposite the apex
- abashing — Present participle of abash.
- abattoir — An abattoir is a place where animals are killed in order to provide meat.
- abbacies — Plural form of abbacy.
- abbassid — a member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled Baghdad ( a.d. 750-1258) and claimed descent from Mohammed's uncle, Abbas
- abbatial — of or relating to an abbot, abbess, or abbey
- abc soil — a vertical section of soil made up of three distinct layers: the top layer (A-horizon) is mostly humus, the middle layer (B-horizon) is of clay and oxidized material, and the bottom layer (C-horizon) consists of loose rock and other mineral materials
- abdicant — a person who abdicates
- abdicate — If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
- abdomina — Plural form of abdomen.
- abducing — Present participle of abduce.
- abegging — in the act of begging
- abessive — the grammatical case indicating absence
- abetting — to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime.
- abhinaya — (dance) Use of the face and hands, in an expressive manner, similar to the kathakali dance of India.R:MW3 1976 page=3.
- abiathar — a priest of Israel and a companion of David. I Sam. 22:20; II Sam. 15:24–36.
- abidable — Alternative spelling of abideable.
- abidance — the act or state of abiding.
- abide by — If you abide by a law, agreement, or decision, you do what it says you should do.
- abietate — a salt or ester of abietic acid.
- abigails — Plural form of abigail.
- abingdon — a market town in S England, in Oxfordshire. Pop: 36 010 (2001)
- abington — urban township in SE Pa., near Philadelphia: pop. 56,000
- abiocoen — The non-living components of an environment, such as water, soil, air, etc.
- abiogeny — (biology) abiogenesis.
- abiology — The sciences, such as geology and astronomy, that collectively deal with inorganic or lifeless bodies.
- abitrary — Misspelling of arbitrary.
- abjuring — Present participle of abjure.
- abkhazia — a disputed region of NW Georgia, between the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains: a subtropical region, with mountains rising over 3900 m (13 000 ft); Abkhazian separatists seized control of the region in 1993; Russia formally recognized it as an independent republic following the Russian-Georgian war of 2008, although Georgia still claims the region as part of its territory. Capital: Sukhumi. Pop: 220 600 (2006 est). Area: 8600 sq km (3320 sq miles)
- ablating — Present participle of ablate.
- ablation — the surgical removal of an organ, structure, or part
- ablative — (in certain inflected languages such as Latin) denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument, manner, or place of the action described by the verb
- abligate — (obsolete) To tie up so as to hinder from.
- abluting — Present participle of ablute.
- ablution — the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
- aboideau — a dyke with a sluicegate that allows flood water to drain but keeps the sea water out
- aboiteau — (Canada, Acadia) alternate form of aboideau.