8-letter words containing is
- alienist — a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness
- alistair — a masculine name
- alkestis — Alcestis (def 1).
- allelism — any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
- allision — the striking of one ship by another.
- alphosis — absence of skin pigmentation, as in albinism
- alpinism — mountain climbing, especially in the Alps.
- alpinist — a mountaineer who climbs in medium-sized glaciated mountain areas such as the Alps
- altoists — Plural form of altoist.
- altruism — Altruism is unselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare.
- altruist — a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
- amadises — a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.
- amazonis — an area on the equator of Mars.
- ameiosis — the absence of pairing of chromosomes during meiosis
- amissing — missing
- amission — (obsolete) deprivation; loss.
- amitosis — an unusual form of cell division in which the nucleus and cytoplasm divide by constriction without the formation of chromosomes; direct cell division
- amorists — Plural form of amorist.
- amortise — amortize
- amourist — Alternative form of amorist.
- anabasis — the march of Cyrus the Younger and his Greek mercenaries from Sardis to Cunaxa in Babylonia in 401 bc, described by Xenophon in his Anabasis
- anacusis — total deafness.
- analysis — Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
- analyzis — Nonstandard spelling of analysis.
- anapolis — a city in central Brazil.
- anatexis — the partial melting of rocks, esp in the formation of metamorphic rocks
- anchises — a Trojan prince and father of Aeneas. In the Aeneid, he is rescued by his son at the fall of Troy and dies in Sicily
- anemosis — spacing between the annual rings in wood that is caused by strong winds bending the tree trunk
- aneurism — a permanent cardiac or arterial dilatation usually caused by weakening of the vessel wall.
- angiitis — A condition where blood or lymph vessels are inflamed.
- anglaise — an old English country-dance.
- animists — Plural form of animist.
- anisette — a liquorice-flavoured liqueur made from aniseed
- annalise — record in annals
- annalist — a writer of annals
- anniston — a city in E Alabama.
- anthemis — a genus of aromatic herbs of the family Asteraceae, closely related to Chamaemelum and native to the Mediterranean region and SW Asia
- anthesis — the time when a flower becomes sexually functional
- antisana — a volcano in N central Ecuador, in the Andes. Height: 5756 m (18 885 ft)
- antisera — a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- antiship — (of a weapon) designed for attacking ships
- antiskid — designed or constructed to prevent the skidding of a vehicle, especially by reducing hydraulic pressure in the brake system to prevent the brakes from locking.
- antislip — designed to prevent slipping or to remain stationary
- antismog — acting to reduce smog, aimed at preventing smog
- antismut — opposed to or acting to prevent the circulation of obscene material
- antisnob — a person opposed to snobbery
- antispam — intended to block unsolicited e-mails
- antistat — a substance that prevents or reduces the accumulation of static electricity
- antisway — Designed to stabilize the left and right suspension systems of a road vehicle so as reduce roll or sway when turning corners.
- anuresis — inability to urinate even though urine is formed by the kidneys and retained in the urinary bladder