8-letter words containing ei
- linoleic — of or derived from linoleic acid.
- lodgeing — Obsolete form of lodging.
- lungeing — Present participle of lunge.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- macneice — Louis, 1907–63, British poet, born in Northern Ireland.
- mannheim — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1893–1947, German sociologist.
- meiocyte — a cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores (meiospores)
- meionite — a member of the scapolite group, rich in calcium and containing no sodium.
- meisters — Plural form of meister.
- milstein — Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- misfeign — to feign with evil intention
- monteith — a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
- moulmein — a seaport in S Burma at the mouth of the Salween River.
- multeity — (rare) manifoldness; multiplicity; the quality of being many.
- narceine — a narcotic alkaloid, C 2 3 H 2 7 NO 8 , occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- neighing — Present participle of neigh.
- niflheim — a place of eternal cold, darkness, and fog, ruled over by Hel: abode of those who die of illness or old age.
- nonbeing — the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- nosherei — food for snacking or noshing.
- obeisant — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- oeillade — an amorous glance; ogle.
- oneirism — (rare) Dream-like experiences or qualities; dreaminess.
- opus dei — an international Roman Catholic organization of lay people and priests founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaria Escrivá de Balaguer (1902–75), with the aim of spreading Christian principles
- oresteia — a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- orseille — orchil.
- osteitic — inflammation of the substance of bone.
- osteitis — inflammation of the substance of bone.
- otaheite — former name of Tahiti.
- outreign — to reign for longer than
- outweigh — to exceed in value, importance, influence, etc.: The advantages of the plan outweighed its defects.
- overveil — to cover over
- peiching — Beijing.
- peignoir — a woman's dressing gown.
- peiraeus — a seaport in SE Greece: the port of Athens.
- perceive — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perseids — the heavy meteor showers visible annually about Aug. 12: they appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus
- perseity — (in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- pheidias — Phidias
- pixieish — a fairy or sprite, especially a mischievous one.
- plebeian — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
- pleiades — any of the Pleiades.
- pompeian — of or relating to Pompeii, or its culture.
- poseidon — the ancient Greek god of the sea, with the power to cause earthquakes, identified by the Romans with Neptune.
- preimage — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- preissue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- preweigh — to weigh beforehand
- proteins — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- queueing — Present participle of queue.
- rayleigh — John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.