8-letter words containing i, n, s, o
- shogging — to shake; jolt.
- shooting — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- shopping — a retail store, especially a small one.
- shorting — having little length; not long.
- shoshoni — Shoshone (defs 2, 3).
- shotting — the act or process of making lead shot in a shot tower.
- shouting — loud cries, yells
- showring — an area where animals are displayed for sale or competition
- sidebone — ossification of the cartilages in the lateral portion of the foot of a horse, resulting in lameness.
- sidelong — directed to one side: a sidelong glance.
- sidenote — a note written in the margin of a page
- sidonian — a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- sign for — acknowledge receipt
- sign off — a token; indication.
- sign out — a token; indication.
- sign-off — the act or fact of signing off.
- sign-out — an act, instance, or time of signing out.
- signiory — seigniory.
- signoret — Simone (simɔ̃), original name Simone Kaminker. 1921–85, French stage and film actress, whose films include La Ronde (1950), Casque d'Or (1952), Room at the Top (1958), and Ship of Fools (1965): married the actor and singer Yves Montand (1921–91)
- signoria — the government of an Italian city-state
- signpost — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- sikeston — a city in SE Missouri.
- silicone — any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- siloxane — any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R 2 SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.
- simoleon — a dollar.
- simoniac — a person who practices simony.
- simonize — to shine or polish to a high sheen, especially with wax: to simonize an automobile.
- simonson — Lee, 1888–1967, U.S. set designer.
- sinfonia — a symphony.
- sing out — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- singsong — verse, or a piece of verse, that is monotonously jingly in rhythm and pattern of pitch.
- sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- sinology — the study of the language, literature, history, customs, etc., of China.
- sinopite — a clay-like mineral containing iron oxides
- sinusoid — a curve described by the equation y = a sin x, the ordinate being proportional to the sine of the abscissa.
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- sironize — to treat (a woollen fabric) chemically to prevent it wrinkling after being washed
- sismondi — Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de [zhahn sharl ley-aw-nar see-mawnd duh] /ʒɑ̃ ʃarl leɪ ɔˈnar siˈmɔ̃d də/ (Show IPA), 1773–1842, Swiss historian and economist.
- sisseton — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- sissonne — a jump in which the dancer lands on one foot, with the other extended to the back, front, or side.
- sit down — done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.
- sit-down — done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.
- sit-upon — a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- skillion — a lean-to serving as a room or a shed.
- skin pop — to inject (a drug) under the skin rather than into a vein.
- skin-pop — to inject (a drug) under the skin rather than into a vein.
- skinfood — cosmetic cream for the skin