8-letter words containing is
- asterism — three asterisks arranged in a triangle (⁂ or ), to draw attention to the text that follows
- astonish — If something or someone astonishes you, they surprise you very much.
- at issue — The question or point at issue is the question or point that is being argued about or discussed.
- ataraxis — The absence of stress or anxiety; serenity.
- atavisms — Plural form of atavism.
- atavists — Biology. the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations. an individual embodying such a reversion.
- atchison — a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River.
- atheists — Plural form of atheist.
- atlantis — (in ancient legend) a continent said to have sunk beneath the Atlantic Ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar
- atomised — to reduce to atoms.
- atomiser — Modern commonwealth spelling of 'atomizer'.
- atomises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of atomise.
- atropism — a condition caused by using atropine over a period of time
- atticism — the idiom or character of the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek, esp in the Hellenistic period
- autecism — the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host or group of hosts.
- autistic — An autistic person suffers from autism.
- autolisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp used by the Autocad CAD package from Autodesk.
- avantist — short for avant-gardist
- aviarist — a person who keeps an aviary
- avoision — the non-payment of tax which cannot be classified as either avoidance or evasion
- baathism — a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria.
- babelism — a confusion, particularly a noisy confusion, of speech or ideas
- backfist — a karate punch with the back of a clenched hand.
- backlist — a publisher's previously published books that are still available
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- baha'ísm — a modern religion, developed originally in Iran from Babism, that stresses principles of universal brotherhood, social equality, etc.
- baha'íst — relating to the Baha'í Faith
- bairnish — childish
- baitfish — any small fish used as bait for larger fish
- bakshish — a tip, present, or gratuity.
- balisage — a method of marking a land route with dim lighting so that vehicles can travel at higher speeds in blackout conditions.
- balisaur — an Indian animal, Arctonyx collaris, resembling a badger
- ballista — an ancient catapult for hurling stones, etc
- banalise — to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
- bandfish — a Mediterranean fish with an elongated body
- banished — Simple past tense and past participle of banish.
- banisher — someone who or something which banishes
- banishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banish.
- banister — A banister is a rail supported by posts and fixed along the side of a staircase. The plural banisters can be used to refer to one of these rails.
- banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
- baptised — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.
- baptises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baptise.
- baptisia — a genus of wild flower native to North America
- baptisms — Plural form of baptism.
- baptista — a female given name.
- baptists — a member of a Christian denomination that baptizes believers by immersion and that is usually Calvinistic in doctrine.
- baristas — Plural form of barista.
- barrista — Misspelling of barista.
- basilisk — (in classical legend) a serpent that could kill by its breath or glance
- bassists — Plural form of bassist.