8-letter words containing o, s, c, i, t
- nonstick — having or providing a finish designed to prevent food from sticking during cooking or baking: a nonstick saucepan; a nonstick cooking spray.
- occamist — William of, died 1349? English scholastic philosopher.
- octavius — a male given name.
- oculists — Plural form of oculist.
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- opticist — a person engaged in the fields of theoretical or applied optics.
- orchitis — inflammation of the testis.
- orgastic — the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- oscitant — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- oscitate — To gape; to yawn.
- osmotica — Plural form of osmoticum.
- osteitic — inflammation of the substance of bone.
- out sick — If you are out sick, you are not at work because you are sick.
- outcries — Plural form of outcry.
- outslick — to outsmart
- pci slot — (hardware) A connector on Peripheral Component Interconnect and the associated physical space occupied by the installed PCI card.
- persicot — a sweet beverage that is made from the stones of apricots or peaches that are soaked or pulverized in distilled liquid or alcohol
- piscator — fisherman.
- politics — the science or art of political government.
- poristic — of or relating to a porism
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- posticum — epinaos.
- potassic — of, relating to, or containing potassium.
- psilotic — of or relating to a disease of the small intestine
- robotics — the use of computer-controlled robots to perform manual tasks, especially on an assembly line.
- ructions — disturbance
- ructious — tending or likely to cause ructions
- sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- schizont — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.
- sciolist — superficial knowledge.
- scolytid — any of various dark-coloured cylinder-shaped beetles, including the bark and ambrosia beetles
- scooting — to go swiftly or hastily; dart.
- scotopia — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- scotopic — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- scotties — Scottish terrier.
- scottish — Also, Scots. of or relating to Scotland, its people, or their language.
- scouting — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- seicento — the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- semiotic — of or relating to signs.
- sick-out — a form of industrial action in which all workers in a factory, etc, report sick simultaneously
- siscowet — a variety of lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush siscowet, inhabiting the deeper waters of Lake Superior.
- societal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- socratic — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- solicits — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- solicity — a request
- solstice — Astronomy. either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice. either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- sonicate — a thing which has been subjected to sound waves
- sorbitic — relating to sorbite
- sovietic — relating to the Soviet Union