8-letter words containing c, o, n, s, i
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- hyoscine — scopolamine.
- icestone — a rare crystalline mineral also known as cryolite
- icosagon — (mathematics) A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- ignostic — One who holds to ignosticism.
- in focus — seen clearly
- in stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- incensor — an incense burner; censer
- incienso — a shrubby, composite desert plant, Encelia farinosa, of the southwestern U.S., having silvery leaves and clusters of yellow flowers.
- incision — a cut, gash, or notch.
- incisors — any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- incisory — adapted for cutting, as the incisor teeth.
- inclosed — enclose.
- incloser — Archaic form of encloser.
- incloses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inclose.
- incomers — Plural form of incomer.
- inconnus — Plural form of inconnu.
- incorpse — to incorporate
- incubous — (of leaves) overlapping, with the upper part of each leaf covering the base of the leaf above it.
- insconce — Alternative spelling of ensconce.
- inscroll — enscroll.
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- invoices — Plural form of invoice.
- isochron — A line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
- isocline — a fold of strata so tightly compressed that both limbs dip in the same direction.
- isocolon — a figure of speech or sentence having a parallel structure formed by the use of two or more clauses, or cola, of similar length, as “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”.
- isocyano — containing an isocyano group.
- isodicon — (in the Greek Orthodox Church) a short anthem performed while the Gospel is being carried into a church
- isogenic — (of organisms) having the same or closely similar genotypes.
- isogonic — having or pertaining to equal angles.
- isotonic — Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure. Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- jacobins — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- lections — Plural form of lection.
- leucosin — an albumin occurring in some cereal grains, such as wheat
- lexicons — Plural form of lexicon.
- licensor — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- lockings — Plural form of locking.
- mcintosh — a variety of red apple that ripens in early autumn.
- miscount — an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- mocassin — Alternative spelling of moccasin.
- moccasin — a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- monistic — Philosophy. (in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. Compare dualism (def 2), pluralism (def 1a). (in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical. Compare pluralism (def 1b).
- mucinous — Of, pertaining to or containing mucin.
- narcosis — a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- necrosis — death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.