8-letter words containing o, s, i, n
- cushions — Plural form of cushion.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- cyanosis — a bluish-purple discoloration of skin and mucous membranes usually resulting from a deficiency of oxygen in the blood
- cytosine — a white crystalline pyrimidine occurring in nucleic acids; 6-amino-2-hydroxy pyrimidine. Formula: C4H5N3O
- daimones — disembodied souls
- davidson — Jo(seph)1883-1952; U.S. sculptor
- davisson — Clinton Joseph. 1881–1958, US physicist, noted for his discovery of electron diffraction; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1937
- decision — When you make a decision, you choose what should be done or which is the best of various possible actions.
- defusion — separation of the life instinct from the death instinct, a process often accompanying maturity.
- deionise — Alternative spelling of deionize.
- delusion — A delusion is a false idea.
- demonise — to turn into a demon or make demonlike.
- demonish — Like or characterisic of a demon; demonic.
- demonism — belief in the existence and power of demons
- demonist — A believer in, or worshipper of, demons.
- deposing — Present participle of depose.
- derision — If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- desition — An end, ending or conclusion.
- devision — Obsolete spelling of division.
- diagnose — If someone or something is diagnosed as having a particular illness or problem, their illness or problem is identified. If an illness or problem is diagnosed, it is identified.
- diamonds — one of the four suits in an ordinary pack of cards bearing red lozenge-shapes symbols
- diapason — either of two stops (open and stopped diapason) usually found throughout the compass of a pipe organ that give it its characteristic tone colour
- dictions — style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction.
- dies non — a day on which no courts can be held.
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- diocesan — of or relating to a diocese.
- diogenes — 412?–323 b.c, Greek Cynic philosopher.
- dionysia — The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
- dionysus — the god of fertility, wine, and drama; Bacchus.
- dipnoous — having both lungs and gills for breathing
- disadorn — To deprive of ornaments.
- disbound — (of a book) having the binding torn or loose.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- discrown — to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- disendow — to deprive (a church, school, etc.) of endowment.
- disenrol — to remove from a register
- dishonor — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- disjoins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disjoin.
- disjoint — to separate or disconnect the joints or joinings of.
- disloign — to put at a distance
- dismount — to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
- disowned — Simple past tense and past participle of disown.
- disponee — the person whom something is disponed to
- disponer — someone who dispones
- disunion — a severance of union; separation; disjunction.
- division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- dockings — Plural form of docking.
- dolphins — Plural form of dolphin.
- dominoes — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.