8-letter words containing i, s, o, t, n
- 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).
- stooling — a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- stooping — to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
- stoozing — the practice of borrowing money at low interest for investment in a high-interest account
- stopping — the act of stopping.
- storming — a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- storting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- stotinka — a minor coin of Bulgaria, the 100th part of a lev.
- stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
- stowlins — stealthily
- stroking — an act or instance of stroking; a stroking movement.
- 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.
- strontic — of or relating to strontium
- sturnoid — of or relating to starlings
- subtonic — the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.
- sudation — sweating; sweat
- swaption — A swaption is an over-the-counter option on a swap.
- swotting — to study or work hard.
- symbiont — an organism living in a state of symbiosis.
- synoptic — pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
- syntonic — Electricity. adjusted to oscillations of the same or a particular frequency.
- syntonin — a substance found in muscle tissue
- tenorist — a person who sings tenor.
- teosinte — a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- thymosin — a hormone, produced by the thymus gland, that promotes the development of T cells from stem cells.
- tinstone — cassiterite.
- tinworks — an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.
- titanous — containing trivalent titanium.
- tithonus — the son of Laomedon of Troy who was loved by the goddess Eos. She asked that he be made immortal but forgot to ask that he be made eternally young. When he aged, she turned him into a grasshopper
- toasting — the act of raising a toast
- tokenism — the practice or policy of making no more than a token effort or gesture, as in offering opportunities to minorities equal to those of the majority.
- tompkins — Daniel D. 1774–1825, U.S. politician and jurist: vice president of the U.S. 1817–25.
- tonalist — a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- tonetics — the phonetic study of tone in language.
- tonishly — in a stylish or fashionable manner
- tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
- tournois — (of coins) minted in Tours, France: livre tournois.
- township — a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.
- townskip — a mischievous and roguish child who frequents city streets
- tritonis — (in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.