8-letter words containing s, n, i
- disrange — (obsolete) To disarrange.
- dissents — Plural form of dissent.
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distend.
- disthene — (mineral) Kyanite.
- distinct — distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate (sometimes followed by from): His private and public lives are distinct.
- distrain — to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- disunify — to destroy the unity of.
- disunion — a severance of union; separation; disjunction.
- disunite — to sever the union of; separate; disjoin.
- disunity — lack of unity or accord.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- diviners — Plural form of diviner.
- divinest — of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.
- division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- dniester — a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- dockings — Plural form of docking.
- dolphins — Plural form of dolphin.
- dominoes — a flat, thumbsized, rectangular block, the face of which is divided into two parts, each either blank or bearing from one to six pips or dots: 28 such pieces form a complete set.
- donatism — (Christianity) An early Christian belief which maintained that apostate priests were incapable of administering the sacraments, as opposed to the orthodox view that any sacrament administered by a properly ordained priest or bishop is valid, regardless of how sinful he is or if he has converted to another religion.
- donatist — a member of a Christian sect that developed in northern Africa in a.d. 311 and maintained that it alone constituted the whole and only true church and that baptisms and ordinations of the orthodox clergy were invalid.
- dopiness — The characteristic of being dopey.
- dornicks — Plural form of dornick.
- dottings — Plural form of dotting.
- downiest — Superlative form of downy.
- downside — the lower side or part.
- downsize — company: make redundancies
- downspin — spin (def 19).
- doziness — The state of being dozy.
- draconis — a late 7th-century b.c. Athenian statesman noted for the severity of his code of laws.
- drainers — Plural form of drainer.
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- dressing — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- drinkers — Plural form of drinker.
- drisheen — a pudding made of sheep's intestines filled with meal and sheep's blood
- drop-ins — [analogy with drop-outs] Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort. Especially used when these are interspersed with one's own typed input.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- drumlins — Plural form of drumlin.
- drumskin — drumhead (def 1).
- dry sink — a wooden kitchen sink, especially of the 19th century, not connected to an external water supply, with a shallow zinc- or tin-lined well on top in which a dishpan can be placed, and usually a cupboard below.
- dubbings — Plural form of dubbing.
- dubinsky — David, 1892–1982, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland: president of the I.L.G.W.U. 1932–66.
- duckpins — Plural form of duckpin.
- dumpings — Plural form of dumping.
- dustbins — Plural form of dustbin.
- dustings — Plural form of dusting.
- dwindles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle.
- dynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.