8-letter words containing i, n, s, o
- skioring — the traditional sport of being dragged on skis behind an animal
- skokiaan — (in South Africa) a potent alcoholic beverage drunk by Black Africans in shebeens
- skyrmion — a particle consisting of a magnetic field surrounding a group of atoms
- slavonia — a historic region in N Croatia.
- slavonic — Slavonian.
- slimdown — instance of an organization cutting staff
- slipknot — a knot that slips easily along the cord or line around which it is made.
- sloe gin — a cordial or liqueur made from gin flavored with sloes.
- slogging — to hit hard, as in boxing or cricket; slug.
- slopping — to spill or splash (liquid).
- sloshing — to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
- slotting — a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- slovenia — a republic in SE Europe: formerly part of Yugoslavia. 7819 sq. mi. (20,250 sq. km). Capital: Ljubljana.
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- smilodon — any of several saber-toothed cats of the extinct genus Smilodon, that ranged from California through most of South America during the Pleistocene Epoch and had upper canine teeth more than 6 inches (15 cm) long.
- smithson — James, 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist.
- smocking — a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working.
- smogging — smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- snobbier — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- snobbily — in a snobby manner
- snobbish — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- snobbism — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- snobling — a little snob
- snogging — to kiss and cuddle.
- snoopily — in a prying or snooping manner
- snooping — to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
- snootily — snobbish.
- snorting — (of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound: The spirited horse snorted and shied at the train.
- snottily — Vulgar. of or relating to snot.
- snoutish — rather resembling a snout
- snow ice — opaque ice formed from partly melted snow or ice; frozen slush.
- snowbird — junco.
- snowline — limit of permanent snow
- snowslip — a body of snow that slips down a mountain; an avalanche
- snowsuit — a child's one- or two-piece outer garment for cold weather, often consisting of heavily lined pants and jacket.
- sobering — not intoxicated or drunk.
- 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.
- soffioni — holes in a volcano through which steam is emitted
- softling — a weakling or something which has a soft nature
- sogdiana — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- soissons — a city in N France, on the Aisne River: battles a.d. 486, 1918, 1944.
- solanine — a poisonous alkaloid found in various solanaceous plants, including potatoes which have gone green through exposure to light
- solation — to change from a gel to a sol.
- solenoid — Electricity. an electric conductor wound as a helix with small pitch, or as two or more coaxial helices, so that current through the conductor establishes a magnetic field within the conductor.
- solimena — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- solingen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.
- solution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- somalian — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- somniate — to dream
- somnific — causing sleep; soporific; somniferous.