8-letter words containing r, i, s, n
- stringer — a person or thing that strings.
- striping — a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing: the stripes of a zebra.
- striving — to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- stroking — an act or instance of stroking; a stroking movement.
- strontia — Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- strontic — of or relating to strontium
- sturnoid — of or relating to starlings
- sugaring — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- sumerian — of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language.
- sundries — miscellaneous items
- sundrily — in sundry or distinct ways; variously
- suriname — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- surprint — to print over with additional marks or matter; overprint.
- suzerain — a sovereign or a state exercising political control over a dependent state.
- swanndri — an all-weather heavy woollen shirt
- swear in — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- swingarm — the main part of the rear suspension on a motorcycle
- swingers — a person or thing that swings.
- synergic — the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc.; synergism.
- synergid — one of two small cells that lie inside the embryo sac of a flowering plant and nourish the ovum.
- syringes — a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
- tanistry — the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- tantrism — (italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- tendrils — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tenorist — a person who sings tenor.
- teresian — a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- teresina — a state in NE Brazil. 96,860 sq. mi. (250,870 sq. km). Capital: Teresina.
- terminus — the end or extremity of anything.
- tinselry — cheap and pretentious display.
- tinworks — an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.
- tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
- tournois — (of coins) minted in Tours, France: livre tournois.
- trainers — shoes that people wear, especially for running and other sports
- transfix — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- tranship — transship
- transing — to move or walk rapidly or briskly.
- transire — a document allowing goods to pass through customs
- transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- transmit — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- trashing — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- tritonis — (in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- trussing — Civil Engineering, Building Trades. any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c). any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- trusting — Law. of or relating to trusts or a trust.
- trysting — an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- turnskin — (in folklore) a creature that can change its skin, esp a werewolf
- turnspit — a spit that rotates or can be rotated.
- tyrosine — a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- unarisen — not having risen
- unitrust — a charitable trust which pays the beneficiary a fixed percentage of the value of the assets each year. This value is taken as the fair market value of those assets