8-letter words containing s, i, d, o
- semi-god — the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe.
- semibold — denoting a weight of typeface between medium and bold face
- semidome — half a dome, especially as formed by a vertical section, as over a semicircular apse.
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- sesamoid — shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages.
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- shoddily — of poor quality or inferior workmanship: a shoddy bookcase.
- sick-dog — a calm and unruffled person
- side pot — (in poker with table stakes) a second or subsequent pot, separate from the main pot, created when a player's entire table stake has been bet in a main pot or another side pot and other players want to continue betting.
- sidebone — ossification of the cartilages in the lateral portion of the foot of a horse, resulting in lameness.
- sideload — to transfer software, data, etc., from one local system or device to another, typically from one's computer to a mobile device.
- sidelock — earlock.
- sidelong — directed to one side: a sidelong glance.
- sidenote — a note written in the margin of a page
- sideroad — (esp in Ontario) a road, usually north-south, going at right angles to concession roads
- sideshow — a minor show or exhibition in connection with a principal one, as at a circus.
- sidonian — a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- siliwood — (jargon) (Or "Hollywired") The coming convergence of film, interactive TV and computers.
- siluroid — a freshwater fish of the family Siluridae
- sinusoid — a curve described by the equation y = a sin x, the ordinate being proportional to the sine of the abscissa.
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- sismondi — Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de [zhahn sharl ley-aw-nar see-mawnd duh] /ʒɑ̃ ʃarl leɪ ɔˈnar siˈmɔ̃d də/ (Show IPA), 1773–1842, Swiss historian and economist.
- sistroid — contained between the convex sides of two intersecting curves
- sit down — done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.
- sit-down — done or accomplished while sitting down: sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.
- skid row — an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants.
- skinfood — cosmetic cream for the skin
- sleazoid — a sleazy person
- slimdown — instance of an organization cutting staff
- slipshod — careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
- smidgeon — a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
- smilodon — any of several saber-toothed cats of the extinct genus Smilodon, that ranged from California through most of South America during the Pleistocene Epoch and had upper canine teeth more than 6 inches (15 cm) long.
- snowbird — junco.
- soapdish — a shallow container for a bar of soap, used in a bathroom
- sodalist — a member of a sodality.
- sodalite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- sodality — fellowship; comradeship.
- sodamide — sodium amide.
- sodomise — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- sodomist — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- sodomite — an inhabitant of Sodom.
- sodomize — to subject to sodomy; commit sodomy upon.
- sogdiana — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- soldiery — soldiers collectively.
- solenoid — Electricity. an electric conductor wound as a helix with small pitch, or as two or more coaxial helices, so that current through the conductor establishes a magnetic field within the conductor.
- solidago — any plant of the chiefly American genus Solidago, which includes the goldenrods: family Asteraceae (composites)
- solidare — an old coin
- solidary — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.