8-letter words containing s, n, i
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- hustings — (before 1872) the temporary platform on which candidates for the British Parliament stood when nominated and from which they addressed the electors.
- hustling — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- hutchins — Robert Maynard, 1899–1977, U.S. educator and college president.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hygienes — Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
- hymnists — Plural form of hymnist.
- hyoscine — scopolamine.
- hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
- ibn saud — Abdul-Aziz [ahb-doo l-ah-zeez] /ɑbˈdʊl ɑˈziz/ (Show IPA), 1880–1953, king of Saudi Arabia 1932–53 (father of Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz).
- ibn sina — Arabic name of Avicenna.
- ibn-saud — Abdul-Aziz (æbˈdʊlæˈziːz). 1880–1953, first king of Saudi Arabia (1932–53)
- ibsenism — a manner or style of dramatic structure or content characteristic of Ibsen.
- icestone — a rare crystalline mineral also known as cryolite
- icewines — Plural form of icewine.
- ichnites — Plural form of ichnite.
- ickiness — repulsive or distasteful.
- icosagon — (mathematics) A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- idoneous — appropriate; fit; suitable; apt.
- iffiness — The state or quality of being iffy.
- ignatius — Saint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
- ignorers — Plural form of ignorer.
- ignostic — One who holds to ignosticism.
- ii kings — (in versions based on the Hebrew, including the Authorized Version) one of the two books recounting the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel
- ilkeston — a town in N central England, in SE Derbyshire. Pop: 37 270 (2001)
- illinois — a member of a confederacy of North American Indians of Algonquian stock, formerly occupying Illinois and adjoining regions westward.
- illision — (obsolete) The act of dashing or striking against.
- illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- ilyushin — Sergei Vladimirovich (sɛrˈɡɛi vladiˈmiːrovɪtʃ). 1894–1977, Soviet aircraft designer. He designed the dive bomber Il-2 Stormovik and the jet airliner Il-62
- imagines — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
- immunise — to make immune.
- impanels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impanel.
- impinges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impinge.
- implants — Plural form of implant.
- impoison — Obsolete form of empoison.
- imposing — very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.: Notre Dame, Rheims, and other imposing cathedrals of France.
- impounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impound.
- imprints — Plural form of imprint.
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- in antis — noting or pertaining to a classical temple in which the antae extend to form the sides of a recessed portico, which has a row of columns.
- in focus — seen clearly
- in haste — in a hurried way
- in holes — so worn as to be full of holes
- in irons — wearing shackles
- in phase — having the same phase.
- in posse — possible; potential
- in ruins — structure: severely damaged
- in shape — person: physically fit
- in short — having little length; not long.