8-letter words containing i, s, a, t, n
- antisera — a serum containing antibodies, as antitoxins or agglutinins, obtained by inoculation of animals and used for injection into other animals to provide immunity to a specific disease.
- antiship — (of a weapon) designed for attacking ships
- antiskid — designed or constructed to prevent the skidding of a vehicle, especially by reducing hydraulic pressure in the brake system to prevent the brakes from locking.
- antislip — designed to prevent slipping or to remain stationary
- antismog — acting to reduce smog, aimed at preventing smog
- antismut — opposed to or acting to prevent the circulation of obscene material
- antisnob — a person opposed to snobbery
- antispam — intended to block unsolicited e-mails
- antistat — a substance that prevents or reduces the accumulation of static electricity
- antisway — Designed to stabilize the left and right suspension systems of a road vehicle so as reduce roll or sway when turning corners.
- antonius — Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs)
- appoints — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appoint.
- arcanist — a person with secret knowledge of a manufacturing technique
- arsenite — a salt or ester of arsenous acid, esp a salt containing the ion A5O33–
- arsonist — An arsonist is a person who deliberately sets fire to a building or vehicle.
- artesian — noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- artiness — The quality of being arty.
- artisans — a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- aspirant — Someone who is an aspirant to political power or to an important job has a strong desire to achieve it.
- assiento — a slave trade treaty between other countries and Spain which allowed other countries to supply slaves to Spanish dependencies or colonies
- assignat — the paper money issued by the Constituent Assembly in 1789, backed by the confiscated land of the Church and the émigrés
- astatine — a radioactive element of the halogen series: a decay product of uranium and thorium that occurs naturally in minute amounts and is artificially produced by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles. Symbol: At; atomic no: 85; half-life of most stable isotope, 210At: 8.1 hours; probable valency: 1,3,5, or 7; melting pt: 302°C; boiling pt: 337°C (est)
- asterion — (anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
- asthenia — an abnormal loss of strength; debility
- asthenic — of, relating to, or having asthenia; weak
- astonied — stunned; dazed
- astonish — If something or someone astonishes you, they surprise you very much.
- astringe — to contract or become contracted
- asturian — of or relating to Asturias
- atchison — a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River.
- atkinson — Sir Harry Albert. 1831–92, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1876–77; 1883–84; 1887–91)
- atlantis — (in ancient legend) a continent said to have sunk beneath the Atlantic Ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar
- atosiban — (medicine) A medication, that inhibits oxytocin and vasopressin, used to halt premature labour.
- auctions — Plural form of auction.
- audients — Plural form of audient.
- austrian — Austrian means belonging or relating to Austria, or to its people or culture.
- avantist — short for avant-gardist
- banister — A banister is a rail supported by posts and fixed along the side of a staircase. The plural banisters can be used to refer to one of these rails.
- banjoist — a musical instrument of the guitar family, having a circular body covered in front with tightly stretched parchment and played with the fingers or a plectrum.
- bantings — Sir Frederick Grant, 1891–1941, Canadian physician: one of the discoverers of insulin; Nobel Prize 1923.
- basanite — a black basaltic rock containing plagioclase, augite, olivine, and nepheline, leucite, or analcite, formerly used as a touchstone
- bassinet — A bassinet is a small bed for a baby that is like a basket.
- bastions — Plural form of bastion.
- batinism — a secret movement in Islam, often associated with Ismaʿili Shiʿism.
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- batswing — in the form of the wing of a bat
- beatings — Plural form of beating.
- beatniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
- boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.