8-letter words containing ist
- monodist — The writer of a monody.
- moralist — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- motorist — a person who drives or travels in a privately owned automobile.
- muralist — an artist who paints murals, especially an artist associated with muralism.
- myristic — (rare) Pertaining to nutmeg.
- natalist — A supporter of natalism; one who is in favour of childbearing.
- nativist — the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- naturist — a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- nepotist — patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
- nihilist — total rejection of established laws and institutions.
- nobelist — a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- novelist — a person who writes novels.
- nuristan — a mountainous region in NE Afghanistan. 5000 sq. mi. (12,950 sq. km).
- occamist — William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- oculists — Plural form of oculist.
- oghamist — Alternative capitalization of Oghamist.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- onanists — withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- oologist — A person who studies or specializes in oology.
- opticist — a person engaged in the fields of theoretical or applied optics.
- optimist — an optimistic person.
- organist — a person who plays the organ.
- orlistat — A drug designed to treat obesity.
- ouistiti — a South American monkey of the family Hapalidae, esp Hapale jacchus
- pacifist — a person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind.
- paganist — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- pakistan — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- panelist — a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- papalist — a follower of the Pope or papacy
- papistry — the Roman Catholic Church.
- parodist — a writer of parodies, especially of a literary subject, work, or style.
- péquiste — in Canada, member or supporter of the Parti Québécois
- peronist — a supporter of Juan Perón or of his principles and policies.
- peyotist — a person who follows the religion of peyotism
- phaistos — an ancient city in S central Crete: site of Minoan palace; Linear A tablets and important pottery objects unearthed here.
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pistolet — a small gun
- plaister — plaster.
- playlist — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- polemist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- populist — a member of the People's party.
- poristic — of or relating to a porism
- preexist — to exist beforehand.
- pristane — a colourless combustible liquid
- pristina — the capital city of Kosovo, S Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro: site of 1389 battle against Turks and center of modern Kosovar (Albanian) separatist movement.
- pristine — having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- prosaist — a person who writes prose.
- protista — a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- protists — any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes, including the protozoans, eukaryotic algae, and slime molds: some classification schemes also include the fungi and the more primitive bacteria and blue-green algae or may distribute the organisms between the kingdoms Plantae and Animalia according to dominant characteristics.
- psalmist — an author of psalms.