8-letter words containing c, n, s, t, i
- scatting — to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing.
- scenting — a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable: the scent of roses.
- schizont — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.
- scienter — a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt: The court found that the company had the requisite scienter for securities fraud.
- scooting — to go swiftly or hastily; dart.
- scouting — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- scrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- scything — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- secretin — a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- seicento — the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- semantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- sinaitic — Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- sinciput — the forepart of the skull.
- sonicate — a thing which has been subjected to sound waves
- spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
- stacking — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stanzaic — an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
- steichen — Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- stenotic — a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- stick-on — a label, sticker, or the like, that has an adhesive backing.
- stickman — croupier (def 1).
- stickpin — a decorative straight pin with a jeweled or ornamented head and a long shaft with a sheath for encasing the point, used for holding an ascot or necktie in place.
- stiction — the frictional force to be overcome to set one object in motion when it is in contact with another
- stocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- stricken — a past participle of strike.
- strontic — of or relating to strontium
- subtonic — the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.
- subtunic — a garment worn under a tunic
- succinct — expressed in few words; concise; terse.
- sultanic — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sun city — city in SC Arizona: pop. 38,000
- synaptic — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- syncytia — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syndetic — serving to unite or connect; connective; copulative.
- synectic — the study of creative processes, especially as applied to the solution of problems by a group of diverse individuals.
- synoptic — pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
- syntonic — Electricity. adjusted to oscillations of the same or a particular frequency.
- technics — technique.
- tonetics — the phonetic study of tone in language.
- tsunamic — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- tungstic — of or containing tungsten, especially in the pentavalent or hexavalent state.
- tungusic — a family of languages spoken or formerly spoken in Manchuria and central and SE Siberia, including Manchu, Evenki, Even, and languages of the Amur River region, as Nanay.
- unsticky — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- unstitch — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- vesicant — producing a blister or blisters, as a medicinal substance; vesicating.
- visconti — an Italian family that ruled Milan and Lombardy from 1277 to 1447.
- viscount — a nobleman next below an earl or count and next above a baron.
- wainscot — wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.