8-letter words containing i, n, a, c
- 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.
- sinclair — Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- slacking — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slavonic — Slavonian.
- smacking — smart, brisk, or strong, as a breeze.
- snacking — a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- socinian — a follower of Faustus and Laelius Socinus who rejected a number of traditional Christian doctrines, as the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and original sin, and who held that Christ was miraculously begotten and that salvation will be granted to those who adopt Christ's virtues.
- sonicate — a thing which has been subjected to sound waves
- spacings — an act of someone or something that spaces.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- 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.
- stickman — croupier (def 1).
- sulindac — a yellow crystalline substance, C 2 0 H 1 7 FO 3 S, that is used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory in the treatment of certain rheumatic diseases.
- sultanic — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sycamine — a tree mentioned in the New Testament, probably the black mulberry.
- synalgic — referred pain.
- 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.
- syndical — of or relating to a union of persons engaged in a particular trade.
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- tachinid — any of numerous flies belonging to the family Tachinidae
- tacitean — of, relating to, or characteristic of Publius Cornelius Tacitus.
- taciturn — inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
- tackling — equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
- taconite — a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- talionic — of or relating to the system or legal principle of talion
- tantalic — of or relating to tantalum, especially in the pentavalent state.
- teach-in — a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- teaching — Informal. teacher.
- tenacity — the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence: the amazing tenacity of rumors.
- teucrian — of or relating to the ancient Trojans.
- thinclad — a runner on a track team
- thracian — of or relating to Thrace or its inhabitants.
- tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- toxicant — poisonous; toxic.
- tracking — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- trancing — a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trichina — a nematode, Trichinella spiralis, the adults of which live in the intestine and produce larvae that encyst in the muscle tissue, especially in pigs, rats, and humans.
- tridacna — a genus of giant clams inhabiting reefs in the South Pacific, attaining a diameter of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more, and weighing over 500 pounds (227 kg).
- tsunamic — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- tunicate — Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.
- tympanic — pertaining or belonging to a tympanum.
- tyrannic — of or characteristic of a tyrant.
- unaching — not aching or painful
- unacidic — not acidic