8-letter words containing r, i, s, n
- silencer — a person or thing that silences.
- silurian — of or relating to the Silures or their country.
- sincerer — free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
- sinclair — Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- sinecure — an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- singular — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- sinigrin — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KC 1 0 H 1 6 NO 9 S 2 ⋅H 2 O, found chiefly in the seeds of the black mustard, that deters some insect predators.
- sinister — threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
- sirenian — an aquatic, herbivorous mammal of the order Sirenia, including the manatee and dugong.
- sirening — Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sirenize — to allure, esp by melodious singing
- sironize — to treat (a woollen fabric) chemically to prevent it wrinkling after being washed
- sirvente — a medieval poem or song of heroic or satirical character, as composed by a troubadour.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- skinnery — a place where skins are prepared, as for the market.
- skinnier — very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
- skioring — the traditional sport of being dragged on skis behind an animal
- skirling — the sound of a bagpipe.
- skirting — the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- skurfing — skateboarding.
- skyrmion — a particle consisting of a magnetic field surrounding a group of atoms
- sleipnir — the eight-legged horse of Odin.
- slurring — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
- smarting — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smirking — to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.
- smirting — the activity of flirting between smokers who are smoking cigarettes outside a no-smoking office, pub, etc
- smurfing — the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable
- snailery — a place where snails are bred
- snarkily — in an irritable or snarky manner
- sneering — to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
- snickery — of, pertaining to, or resembling a snicker
- sniggler — to fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their lurking places.
- sniveler — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- snobbier — condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.
- snorting — (of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound: The spirited horse snorted and shied at the train.
- snowbird — junco.
- sobering — not intoxicated or drunk.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- sonority — the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.
- soricine — of or resembling the shrews.
- sorption — the state or process of being sorbed.
- sourcing — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- spaniard — a native or inhabitant of Spain.
- spanrail — a rail connecting two legs of furniture; stretcher.
- sparling — the European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus.
- sparring — a motion of sparring.
- spartina — a ricegrass which grows in salt marshes