8-letter words containing t, i, s
- in spate — When a river is in spate it contains a lot more water than usual and is flowing very fast.
- in sport — in joke or jest; not in earnest
- in state — to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- in stays — in irons (see phrase under iron)
- in stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- in store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- in style — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
- in tears — crying, weeping
- in trust — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- in-steps — the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- in-store — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- incipits — Plural form of incipit.
- indigest — (obsolete) crude; unformed; unorganized; undigested.
- industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- inertias — Plural form of inertia.
- infarcts — Plural form of infarct.
- infested — to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
- infester — Something that infests.
- inflates — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
- inflects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflect.
- inflicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflict.
- infracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infract.
- ingested — Simple past tense and past participle of ingest.
- ingrafts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingraft.
- ingrates — Plural form of ingrate.
- inhabits — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inherits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inherit.
- inhibits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inhibit.
- initials — of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- inkblots — Plural form of inkblot.
- inkstand — a small stand, usually on a desk, for holding ink, pens, etc.
- inkstone — a slab of stone used in Chinese calligraphy and painting to grind dry ink and mix it with water.
- inlisted — Simple past tense and past participle of inlist.
- innatism — (philosophy) The view that the mind is born with certain ideas or knowledge, as opposed to the idea of the
- innatist — (philosophy) A supporter of innatism.
- inositol — Biochemistry. a compound, C 6 H 12 O 6 , derivative of cyclohexane, widely distributed in plants and seeds as phytin, and occurring in animal tissue and in urine: an essential growth factor for animal life, present in the vitamin B complex.
- inquests — Plural form of inquest.
- insalata — An Italian-style salad.
- insanest — not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- insanity — the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.
- inscient — Lacking knowledge; ignorant.
- insculpt — engraved
- insectan — Of or relating to insects.
- inserted — Botany. (especially of the parts of a flower) attached to or growing out of some part.
- inserter — A person who, or device that inserts.
- insights — Plural form of insight.
- insisted — to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
- insition — The insertion of a scion in a stock; engraftment.
- insolate — to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.