8-letter words containing n, a, y, s, i
- sannyasi — Hinduism. a wandering beggar and ascetic.
- sapiency — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- saponify — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- satanity — the quality or act of being satanic
- scantily — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scantity — the quality of being scant or scarce
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- signally — conspicuously; notably.
- snailery — a place where snails are bred
- snarkily — in an irritable or snarky manner
- sneakily — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- splaying — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- stingray — any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- sycamine — a tree mentioned in the New Testament, probably the black mulberry.
- sylvania — a town in NW Ohio.
- synalgia — referred pain.
- synalgic — referred pain.
- synapsid — a fossil reptile (of the subclass Synapsida) that exhibits some mammal-like characteristics of the skull
- synapsis — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- synaptic — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- syncytia — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syndical — of or relating to a union of persons engaged in a particular trade.
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- synovial — a lubricating fluid resembling the white of an egg, secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints.
- sysadmin — a computer system administrator
- tanistry — the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- uneasily — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish
- yersinia — A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.