8-letter words containing s, i, n, c, e
- sciaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous fishes that produce a loud sound by snapping the muscles attached to their air bladder, comprising the croakers and drums.
- scienced — learned or knowledgeable (about something)
- 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.
- screw-in — fitting in by being twisted
- secretin — a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- seicento — the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
- selznick — David O(liver) 1902–65, U.S. motion-picture producer.
- semantic — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semuncia — a bronze coin produced during the period of the Roman Republic, weighing half an ounce, and equivalent in value to a twenty-fourth of an as at the time
- sermonic — of, relating to, or resembling a sermon.
- shechina — the radiance in which God's immanent presence in the midst of his people, esp in the Temple, is visibly manifested
- sickener — something that sickens or disgusts.
- sickness — a particular disease or malady.
- silenced — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- silencer — a person or thing that silences.
- silicone — any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- sincerer — free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
- sinecure — an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
- sinicize — to make Chinese in character or bring under Chinese influence.
- sixpence — (used with a singular or plural verb) British. a sum of six pennies.
- skincare — use of toiletries on the skin
- snickery — of, pertaining to, or resembling a snicker
- snow ice — opaque ice formed from partly melted snow or ice; frozen slush.
- sonicate — a thing which has been subjected to sound waves
- soricine — of or resembling the shrews.
- spec'ing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- speccing — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
- specimen — a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.
- specking — a small spot differing in color or substance from that of the surface or material upon which it appears or lies: Specks of soot on the window sill.
- spectrin — a rodlike structural protein of the red blood cell membrane.
- steichen — Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- stenotic — a narrowing or stricture of a passage or vessel.
- stricken — a past participle of strike.
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- swelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
- sycamine — a tree mentioned in the New Testament, probably the black mulberry.
- syncline — a synclinal fold.
- syndetic — serving to unite or connect; connective; copulative.
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- synectic — the study of creative processes, especially as applied to the solution of problems by a group of diverse individuals.
- 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.
- szczecin — a seaport in NW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- technics — technique.
- tonetics — the phonetic study of tone in language.
- unsicker — unsafe; untrustworthy.
- unsliced — not sliced
- unsluice — to provide an opening for (something)
- vesicant — producing a blister or blisters, as a medicinal substance; vesicating.
- zincates — Plural form of zincate.