8-letter words containing i, n, t, o, a
- saxonite — any peridotite rock composed mainly of olivine and orthopyroxene
- sedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- solation — to change from a gel to a sol.
- somniate — to dream
- sonatina — a short or simplified sonata.
- sonatine — a short or simplified sonata.
- sonicate — a thing which has been subjected to sound waves
- 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.
- stoating — the process or technique of finishing a facing, collar, or the like, or of mending material with concealed stitching.
- stotinka — a minor coin of Bulgaria, the 100th part of a lev.
- stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
- strontia — Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- sudation — sweating; sweat
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- taconite — a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- taenioid — ribbon-like in structure
- taglioni — Marie. 1804–84, Italian ballet dancer, whose romantic style greatly influenced ballet in the 19th century
- tailbone — the coccyx.
- taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
- tainaron — Cape, a cape in the Ionian Sea, S Greece, at the S tip of the Peloponnesus.
- taizhong — Taichung.
- talapoin — a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
- talionic — of or relating to the system or legal principle of talion
- tamanoir — a large anteater of Central and South America, Myrmecophaga tridactyla
- tandoori — baked or cooked in a tandoor: tandoori chicken.
- taormina — a resort commune in Messina, in E Sicily, Italy: Roman remains.
- taxation — the act of taxing.
- tetanoid — Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw. Compare lockjaw.
- thionate — any salt or ester of thionic acid
- tirolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- titanous — containing trivalent titanium.
- tithonia — any of several tall composite plants of the genus Tithonia, native to Mexico and Central America, having yellow or orange-red ray flowers.
- toadying — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- toasting — the act of raising a toast
- tonalist — a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- tonalite — an igneous rock found in the Italian Alps
- tonality — Music. the sum of relations, melodic and harmonic, existing between the tones of a scale or musical system. a particular scale or system of tones; a key.
- tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
- topazine — like topaz
- torminal — of or relating to tormina
- tornadic — a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, especially in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris. Compare waterspout (def 3).
- tornaria — the ciliated, free-swimming larva of certain hemichordates.
- totaling — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- toxicant — poisonous; toxic.
- traction — the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.