8-letter words containing i, n, s, o
- sonatina — a short or simplified sonata.
- sonatine — a short or simplified sonata.
- sondheim — Stephen (Joshua) born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.
- song hit — a song, usually a pop song, which is well known and which sold well when released. Also called a hit or a hit song.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- sonicate — a thing which has been subjected to sound waves
- sonority — the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.
- soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- soricine — of or resembling the shrews.
- sorption — the state or process of being sorbed.
- sounding — emitting or producing a sound or sounds.
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- southing — a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S.
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- spin off — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spin out — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spin-off — Commerce. a process of reorganizing a corporate structure whereby the capital stock of a division or subsidiary of a corporation or of a newly affiliated company is transferred to the stockholders of the parent corporation without an exchange of any part of the stock of the latter. Compare split-off (def 3), split-up (def 3).
- spin-out — the spinning out of control into a rotating skid of a car or other vehicle.
- spittoon — a cuspidor.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- sponging — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
- spongoid — resembling a sponge
- sponsion — an engagement or promise, especially one made on behalf of another.
- spoofing — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
- spooling — any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
- spoonier — foolishly or sentimentally amorous.
- spoonily — in a spoony manner
- spooning — a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
- sporting — of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
- spotting — the hobby of watching for and noting particular examples of something, such as birds, numbers or types of trains, buses, etc
- spousing — either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
- spouting — a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- stallion — an uncastrated adult male horse, especially one used for breeding.
- stanovoi — a mountain range in the E Russian Federation in Asia: a watershed between the Pacific and Arctic oceans; highest peak, 8143 feet (2480 meters).
- stasimon — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- steinbok — steenbok.
- stellion — an olive-green Mediterranean lizard with black star-shaped spots, belonging to the family Stellionidae
- stenosis — a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- stenotic — a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- stick-on — a label, sticker, or the like, that has an adhesive backing.
- stiction — the frictional force to be overcome to set one object in motion when it is in contact with another
- stillion — a stand for holding casks in a brewery or for drying pottery
- stinkpot — Also called stinkball. a jar containing combustibles or other materials that generate offensive and suffocating vapors, formerly used in warfare.
- stoating — the process or technique of finishing a facing, collar, or the like, or of mending material with concealed stitching.
- stocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- stolypin — Petr Arkadievich. 1863–1911, Russian conservative statesman: prime minister (1906–11). He instituted agrarian reforms but was ruthless in suppressing rebellion: assassinated
- stonking — of exceptional size or quality
- stooking — shock2 (def 1).