8-letter words containing ist
- egotists — Plural form of egotist.
- 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.
- elitists — Plural form of elitist.
- enlisted — Enroll or be enrolled in the armed services.
- enlistee — A person who enlists (or is enlisted), especially into the armed forces.
- enlister — One who enlists.
- episteme — (philosophy) Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with 'empiricism'.
- epistler — A writer of an epistle.
- epistles — Plural form of epistle.
- epistome — (zoology) a mouth-covering lobe or ridge in bryozoans and phoronids.
- epistyle — architrave (sense 1)
- eristics — Plural form of eristic.
- errorist — One who encourages and propagates error.
- escapist — Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
- essayist — A person who writes essays, especially as a literary genre.
- etherist — a person who administers ether
- ethicist — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct).
- eugenist — An advocate or supporter of eugenics. (from 20th c.).
- eulogist — A speaker who delivers a funeral oration (eulogy) for a deceased person.
- euphuist — One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; applied especially to a class of writers, in the age of w Elizabeth I, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
- existant — Misspelling of existent.
- existent — Having reality or existence.
- existeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exist.
- existing — In existence or operation at the time under consideration; current.
- exorcist — A person, especially a priest, who practices exorcism.
- fabulist — a person who invents or relates fables.
- familist — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- faq list — frequently asked question
- fascista — a member of the Fascist movement in Italy.
- fascisti — an Italian political organization which seized power and set up a fascist dictatorship (1922-43) under Mussolini
- fascists — Plural form of fascist.
- fatalist — the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
- fauvists — Plural form of fauvist.
- feistier — full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
- feistily — full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
- feisting — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- fidelist — Castroism.
- figurist — a person who uses figures or numbers
- filister — a rabbet or groove, as one on a window sash to hold the glass and putty.
- finalist — a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- fistbump — A fist bump.
- fistiana — the sport or world of boxing: one of fistiana's most colorful characters.
- fistmele — (archery) A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6\u00bd inches or 16\u00bd centimetres).
- fistnote — a printed note, as in a piece of text, distinguished by the figure of a fist with a pointing index finger.
- fistulae — Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- fistulas — Plural form of fistula.
- flautist — flutist.