7-letter words containing i, n, l, s
- norilsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Asia, near the mouth of the Yenisei River.
- nostril — either of the two external openings of the nose.
- novalis — (pen name of Friedrich von Hardenberg) 1772–1801, German poet.
- nubiles — Plural form of nubile.
- nullius — (especially in law) son of nobody; bastard.
- oilcans — Plural form of oilcan.
- oilsand — Alternative spelling of oil sand.
- oilskin — a cotton fabric made waterproof by treatment with oil and used for rain gear and fishermen's clothing.
- olefins — Plural form of olefin.
- olingos — Plural form of olingo.
- onliest — being the single one or the relatively few of the kind: This is the only pencil I can find.
- osmanli — an Ottoman.
- pensile — hanging, as the nests of certain birds.
- pilings — a mass of building piles considered collectively.
- pilsner — a pale, light lager beer.
- planish — to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
- plasmin — fibrinolysin.
- plenish — to fill up; stock; furnish.
- plenism — the philosophical theory that there are no vacuums in nature
- plenist — a person who adheres to the philosophical theory of plenism
- plosion — the forced release of the occlusive phase of a plosive, whether voiceless or voiced, either audible due to frication or inaudible due to a contiguous following consonant. Also called explosion. Compare implosion (def 2).
- pulsing — the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- pulsion — the act of driving forward
- rawlins — a town in S Wyoming.
- resilin — an elastic substance of cross-linked protein chains found in the cuticles of many insects, especially in the wings.
- rollins — Theodore Walter ("Sonny") born 1930, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- sail in — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sailing — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- saintlo — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- saintly — pertaining to, like, or befitting a saint: saintly lives.
- saladin — (Salāh-ed-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb) 1137–93, sultan of Egypt and Syria 1175–93: opponent of Crusaders.
- salicin — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 1 3 H 1 8 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- salient — prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- salinas — a city in central Kansas.
- salpinx — a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
- saltine — a crisp, salted cracker.
- salting — a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- salving — a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- sanicle — any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- santali — the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- sapling — a young tree.
- scaling — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scolion — a song sung at banquets in ancient Greece.
- scullin — James Henry, 1876–1953, Australian statesman: prime minister 1929–31.
- sculpin — any small, freshwater fish of the genus Cottus, of the family Cottidae, having a large head with one or more spines on each side; bullhead.
- seal in — If something seals in a smell or liquid, it prevents it from getting out of a food.
- sealine — a company running regular sailings
- sealing — a substance that seals; sealant
- seeling — Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- selenic — of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.