8-letter words containing r, i, s, n
- ringside — the area immediately surrounding a ring, especially the area occupied by the first row of seats on all sides of a boxing or wrestling ring.
- ringster — a member of a ring, especially a political or price-fixing ring.
- ringtoss — a game in which rings, often made of rope, are tossed to encircle an upright peg.
- ringwise — (of a boxer) used to being in a boxing ring and able to respond appropriately
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- roasting — roasted: roast beef.
- robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- robosign — to sign (a document) without reviewing its contents or supporting documents: The bank instructed employees to robosign piles of mortgages.
- romanism — Roman Catholicism.
- romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- roosting — a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- ropiness — resembling a rope or ropes: ropy muscles.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- rosarian — a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- rosiness — pink or pinkish-red; roseate.
- rosinous — rosiny
- roundish — somewhat round: a roundish man; roundish furniture.
- routines — a customary or regular course of procedure.
- rsvp'ing — to reply to an invitation: Don't forget to RSVP before Thursday.
- ructions — disturbance
- rustling — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- saarinen — Eero [air-oh] /ˈɛər oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1910–61, U.S. architect, born in Finland.
- safranin — any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes, phenazine derivatives, used for dyeing wool, silk, etc.
- saharian — a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- sanitary — of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
- sanscrit — Sanskrit
- sanskrit — an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. Abbreviation: Skt.
- santeria — (sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- santorin — Thera.
- sarcinae — any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- sardinia — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- sarrasin — buckwheat
- sarrazin — buckwheat (defs 1–3).
- saturnic — having or affected with lead-poisoning
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- scarfing — a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scarfpin — tiepin.
- scarring — a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- schwerin — a state in NE Germany. 8842 sq. mi. (22,900 sq. km). Capital: Schwerin.
- scienter — a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt: The court found that the company had the requisite scienter for securities fraud.
- sciurine — of or relating to the squirrels and allied rodents of the family Sciuridae.
- scorning — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Scorpionida, widely distributed in warmer parts of the world, having a long, narrow, segmented tail that terminates in a venomous sting.