8-letter words containing s, i, n, u, t
- spin out — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spin-out — the spinning out of control into a rotating skid of a car or other vehicle.
- spouting — a pipe, tube, or liplike projection through or by which a liquid is discharged, poured, or conveyed.
- sputniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- squinted — to look with the eyes partly closed.
- stevinus — Stevin, Simon.
- stink up — to cause to stink
- studding — a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- studying — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stuffing — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- stumping — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- stunning — causing, capable of causing, or liable to cause astonishment, bewilderment, or a loss of consciousness or strength: a stunning blow.
- stunsail — studdingsail.
- stunting — to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
- sturnoid — of or relating to starlings
- subtilin — an antibiotic peptide drug derived from Bacillus subtilis, predominantly used to combat various pathogenic fungi as well as Gram-positive bacteria
- subtonic — the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic.
- subtunic — a garment worn under a tunic
- succinct — expressed in few words; concise; terse.
- sudation — sweating; sweat
- suivante — a lady's maid or companion, particularly in 17th century France, who was elevated among other servants and served as a confidante and particular companion for her mistress
- sultanic — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sun city — city in SC Arizona: pop. 38,000
- sunlight — the light of the sun; sunshine.
- supinate — to turn to a supine position; rotate (the hand or foot) so that the palm or sole is upward.
- surprint — to print over with additional marks or matter; overprint.
- terminus — the end or extremity of anything.
- tinnitus — a ringing or similar sensation of sound in the ears.
- tissuing — Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- titanous — containing trivalent titanium.
- tithonus — the son of Laomedon of Troy who was loved by the goddess Eos. She asked that he be made immortal but forgot to ask that he be made eternally young. When he aged, she turned him into a grasshopper
- tournois — (of coins) minted in Tours, France: livre tournois.
- 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.
- tsunamic — an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- tungstic — of or containing tungsten, especially in the pentavalent or hexavalent state.
- tungusic — a family of languages spoken or formerly spoken in Manchuria and central and SE Siberia, including Manchu, Evenki, Even, and languages of the Amur River region, as Nanay.
- tunisian — a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- turnskin — (in folklore) a creature that can change its skin, esp a werewolf
- turnspit — a spit that rotates or can be rotated.
- tussling — to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle.
- ubi sunt — a poetic motif emphasizing the transitory nature of youth, life, and beauty, found especially in medieval Latin poems.
- unionist — a person whose activities or beliefs are characterized by unionism.
- 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
- unlisted — not listed; not entered in a list or directory: an unlisted telephone number.
- unpriest — to strip a person of the priesthood; defrock
- unsating — not sating
- unsexist — not sexist
- unsifted — to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- unsilent — not silent