8-letter words containing s, n, i, d
- sledging — the activity of travelling across snow on a sledge
- slimdown — instance of an organization cutting staff
- sludging — intravascular slowing or clumping of red blood cells.
- 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.
- smudging — a dirty mark or smear.
- sniveled — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- snowbird — junco.
- sogdiana — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- 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.
- sondheim — Stephen (Joshua) born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.
- songbird — a bird that sings.
- sounding — emitting or producing a sound or sounds.
- sourdine — mute (def 10).
- spalding — Albert, 1888–1953, U.S. violinist.
- spaniard — a native or inhabitant of Spain.
- spavined — suffering from or affected with spavin.
- speeding — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- spending — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- sphingid — hawk moth.
- spin-dry — to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine.
- spindled — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- spindler — a person who spindles
- splendid — gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous. Synonyms: luxurious, dazzling, imposing. Antonyms: squalid.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- spongoid — resembling a sponge
- sprained — (of a joint) having been injured by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
- springed — a snare for catching small game.
- sprinted — to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
- spudding — Informal. a potato.
- squinted — to look with the eyes partly closed.
- stand in — a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- stand-in — a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
- standing — rank or status, especially with respect to social, economic, or personal position, reputation, etc.: He had little standing in the community.
- standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- steading — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
- stinkard — a despicable person; stinker.
- stipends — a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- strained — affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
- strident — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- striding — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- stringed — fitted with strings (often used in combination): a five-stringed banjo.
- 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.
- sturnoid — of or relating to starlings
- subduing — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- subindex — an index to a part or subdivision of a larger category.
- sudation — sweating; sweat
- sulindac — a yellow crystalline substance, C 2 0 H 1 7 FO 3 S, that is used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory in the treatment of certain rheumatic diseases.