8-letter words containing i, s, o, t, n
- histones — Plural form of histone.
- histrion — (obsolete) A stage actor.
- hoisting — to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail.
- hoistman — someone who operates a hoist
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- honestie — Archaic spelling of honesty.
- hornists — Plural form of hornist.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- icestone — a rare crystalline mineral also known as cryolite
- ignostic — One who holds to ignosticism.
- ilkeston — a town in N central England, in SE Derbyshire. Pop: 37 270 (2001)
- in short — having little length; not long.
- in sooth — in truth; truly
- in sport — in joke or jest; not in earnest
- in stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- in store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- in-store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- inkblots — Plural form of inkblot.
- inkstone — a slab of stone used in Chinese calligraphy and painting to grind dry ink and mix it with water.
- inositol — Biochemistry. a compound, C 6 H 12 O 6 , derivative of cyclohexane, widely distributed in plants and seeds as phytin, and occurring in animal tissue and in urine: an essential growth factor for animal life, present in the vitamin B complex.
- insition — The insertion of a scion in a stock; engraftment.
- insolate — to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- insolent — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
- instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- intortus — (of a cirrus cloud) having very irregular filaments that often look entangled.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- introits — Plural form of introit.
- introrse — turned or facing inward, as anthers that open toward the gynoecium.
- investor — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- invitors — to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something: to invite friends to dinner.
- isobront — a line on a weather map or chart connecting various points where a given phase of thunderstorm activity occurred simultaneously.
- isoquant — (economics) A line of equal or constant economic production on a graph, chart or map.
- isotones — Plural form of isotone.
- isotonic — Also, isosmotic. Physical Chemistry. noting or pertaining to solutions characterized by equal osmotic pressure. Compare hypertonic (def 2), hypotonic (def 2).
- janitors — Plural form of janitor.
- jettison — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- jingoist — the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
- jointers — Plural form of jointer.
- jostling — to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- jottings — Plural form of jotting.
- jousting — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- kilotons — Plural form of kiloton.
- kingpost — vertical post connecting the apex of a triangular roof truss to the tie beam
- kingston — an island in the West Indies, S of Cuba. 4413 sq. mi. (11,430 sq. km).
- lanosity — lanate.
- lections — Plural form of lection.
- lewiston — a city in SW Maine.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.