8-letter words containing is
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- draffish — resembling draff
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- dreggish — resembling or containing dregs
- drisheen — a pudding made of sheep's intestines filled with meal and sheep's blood
- drollish — somewhat droll
- dropwise — in the form of a drop
- drudgism — the work of a drudge
- druggist — a person who compounds or prepares drugs according to medical prescriptions; apothecary; pharmacist; dispensing chemist.
- druidism — the religion or rites of the Druids.
- drumfish — drum1 (def 11).
- dualisms — Plural form of dualism.
- dudishly — In a dudish manner.
- duelists — Plural form of duelist.
- duellist — a person who participates in a duel.
- duisburg — a city in W Germany, at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers: the largest river port in Europe; formed 1929 from the cities of Duisburg and Hamborn.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- dweebish — Dweeby.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- dytiscid — any carnivorous aquatic beetle of the family Dytiscidae, having large flattened back legs used for swimming
- ebeniste — cabinetmaker
- ebionism — the teaching upheld by the Ebionites that said that Jesus was a mortal human being, that Christians should adhere to Jewish law and that absence of wealth was a preferred religious quality
- ebullism — (physiology) The formation of bubbles of gas in biological fluids due to reduced environmental pressure.
- eccrisis — the ejection or discharge of waste matter from the body
- eclipsis — (obsolete) An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase.
- edgewise — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- eeyorish — Alternative capitalization of Eeyorish.
- effendis — Plural form of effendi.
- eggwhisk — A kitchen utensil made of multiple loops of wire used to beat eggs.
- eglomise — the technique of gilding the back of a sheet of glass
- egoistic — Egoistical.
- egotists — Plural form of egotist.
- eisenach — a city in central Germany, in Thuringia: birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach. Pop: 44 081 (2003 est)
- ekistics — the science or study of human settlements
- el misti — a volcano in S Peru, in the Andes. Height: 5852 m (19 199 ft)
- elegists — Plural form of elegist.
- elfishly — In an elfish manner; mischievously.
- elisions — Plural form of elision.
- elitists — Plural form of elitist.
- ellipsis — The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
- elsewise — (now rare) Otherwise.
- embolism — Obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble.
- emissary — A person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.
- emissile — able to be emitted
- emission — The production and discharge of something, especially gas or radiation.
- emissive — Having the power to radiate something, especially light, heat, or radiation.