8-letter words containing e, a, r, n, i
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- retained — to keep possession of.
- retainer — the act of retaining in one's service.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- retirant — retiree.
- rhaetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- rifleman — a soldier armed with a rifle.
- rijndael — Advanced Encryption Standard
- rinceaux — an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- riverman — a boatman or a man earning his living working on a river
- roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- saarinen — Eero [air-oh] /ˈɛər oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1910–61, U.S. architect, born in Finland.
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- santeria — (sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- sarcinae — any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- seatrain — a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- senarius — a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sensoria — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- serranid — any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
- share in — receive part of
- shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- shireman — a sheriff
- siberian — Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- sirenian — an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- snailery — a place where snails are bred
- spearing — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- stearine — Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 1 8 H 3 5 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- strainer — a person or thing that strains.