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9-letter words containing i, n, s, o

  • sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
  • sarcosine — a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
  • sardonian — a person who flatters with harmful or deadly intent
  • sargon ii — died 705 b.c, king of Assyria 722–705.
  • sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
  • satiation — to supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit.
  • satinwood — the satiny wood of an East Indian tree, Chloroxylon swietenia, of the rue family, used especially for making furniture.
  • satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
  • saucisson — a large and thick sausage
  • sauvignon — a small blue-black grape grown primarily in the Médoc region of Bordeaux, in SW France, and highly prized in winemaking.
  • saxitoxin — a powerful neurotoxin, C 1 0 H 1 7 N 7 O 4 , produced by the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax catenella, the causative agent of red tide.
  • scalation — an arrangement of scales, as on a fish.
  • scazontic — relating to or consisting of scazons
  • scenarios — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
  • schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
  • schonbein — Christian Friedrich [kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1799–1868, Swiss chemist.
  • schooling — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
  • sciaenoid — belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
  • sciomancy — divination with the help of ghosts
  • sclerotin — an insoluble protein that serves to stiffen the chitin of the cuticle of arthropods.
  • scoldings — the action of a person who scolds; a rebuke; reproof: I got a scolding for being late again.
  • scopoline — a soluble crystalline alkaloid obtained from the decomposition of scopolamine and used as a sedative. Formula: C8H13NO2
  • scorching — burning; very hot.
  • scoreline — sports: intermediate or final score
  • scotching — scutch (defs 2, 4).
  • scourging — a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
  • scourings — dirt or refuse removed by scouring.
  • scrolling — computing: moving around screen
  • sea onion — Also called sea squill. a Mediterranean plant, Urginea maritima, of the lily family, yielding medicinal squill.
  • sea robin — any of various gurnards, especially certain American species of the genus Prionotus, having large pectoral fins used to move across the ocean bottom.
  • seasoning — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
  • secession — an act or instance of seceding.
  • seclusion — an act of secluding: the seclusion of unruly students.
  • seconding — next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
  • secretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
  • sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
  • seduction — an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
  • seigniory — the power or authority of a seignior.
  • selection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
  • selenious — containing tetravalent or bivalent selenium.
  • selenosis — a poisoned condition caused by selenium, occurring esp in livestock as a result of the natural presence of selenium in plants and soil
  • semicolon — the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.
  • seminoles — a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
  • seminomad — a person living a partly nomadic life; a semi-nomadic person
  • semiround — having one surface that is round and another that is flat.
  • senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
  • seniority — the state of being senior; priority of birth; superior age.
  • sensation — the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.
  • sensorial — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
  • sensorily — by (the use of) the senses, by means of the senses, in relation to or in respect of the senses
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