8-letter words containing n, s, a
- insanity — the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.
- inseamed — Simple past tense and past participle of inseam.
- insectan — Of or relating to insects.
- insignia — singular of insignia.
- insolate — to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- insomnia — inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- instable — not stable; unstable.
- installs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of install.
- instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- instancy — quality of being instant; urgency; pressing nature.
- instants — Plural form of instant.
- instated — to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- instates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of instate.
- instream — (intransitive) To flow or stream in; flow or stream into.
- insulant — an insulating material, as used in building trades.
- insulate — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- insuloma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- insurant — a person who takes out an insurance policy.
- intarsia — an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- intelsat — a global communications satellite network under international control.
- intrados — the interior curve or surface of an arch or vault.
- intrans. — intransitive
- intrants — Plural form of intrant.
- invaders — Plural form of invader.
- invalids — Plural form of invalid.
- invasion — an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
- invasive — characterized by or involving invasion; offensive: invasive war.
- inweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inweave.
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- isangoma — Alternative form of sangoma.
- isanomal — a line on a map or chart connecting points having an equal anomaly of a meteorological quantity.
- isaurian — of or relating to Isauria, an ancient district of S central Asia Minor, or its inhabitants
- isenland — (in the Nibelungenlied) the country of Brunhild, usually identified with Iceland.
- islanded — Simple past tense and past participle of island.
- islander — a native or inhabitant of an island.
- islesman — an islander
- isocyano — containing an isocyano group.
- isogonal — equiangular; isogonic.
- isolanis — Plural form of isolani.
- isonomia — Equality before the law; possession of equal rights; equal distribution of rights and privileges.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- isoquant — (economics) A line of equal or constant economic production on a graph, chart or map.
- issuance — the act of issuing.
- istanbul — a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
- isthmian — of or relating to an isthmus.
- jacobins — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- jailings — Plural form of jailing.
- jakobson — Roman [roh-mahn,, -muh n] /ˈroʊ mɑn,, -mən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1982, U.S. linguist and scholar, born in Russia.
- jamesian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the novelist Henry James or his writings.