8-letter words containing ins
- hokinson — Helen, c1900–49, U.S. cartoonist.
- hominins — Plural form of hominin.
- hutchins — Robert Maynard, 1899–1977, U.S. educator and college president.
- in ruins — structure: severely damaged
- ingrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingrain.
- insalata — An Italian-style salad.
- insanely — not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- 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.
- insconce — Alternative spelling of ensconce.
- inscribe — to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
- inscroll — enscroll.
- insculpt — engraved
- inseamed — Simple past tense and past participle of inseam.
- insectan — Of or relating to insects.
- insecure — subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person.
- insensed — Simple past tense and past participle of insense.
- 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.
- inshrine — enshrine.
- insiders — Plural form of insider.
- insights — Plural form of insight.
- insignia — singular of insignia.
- insignis — The Monterey pine.
- 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.
- insolent — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
- insomnia — inability to obtain sufficient sleep, especially when chronic; difficulty in falling or staying asleep; sleeplessness.
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- insonify — (transitive) To flood an area or an an object with carefully-controlled sound waves, typically as a part of sonar or ultrasound imaging.
- inspects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inspect.
- insphere — ensphere.
- inspired — aroused, animated, or imbued with the spirit to do something, by or as if by supernatural or divine influence: an inspired poet.
- inspirer — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- inspires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inspire.
- inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- instable — not stable; unstable.
- installs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of install.
- instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- instancy — quality of being instant; urgency; pressing nature.
- instants — Plural form of instant.
- instated — to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- instates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of instate.
- instills — to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject: to instill courtesy in a child.
- instinct — an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
- instream — (intransitive) To flow or stream in; flow or stream into.
- instress — to create or sustain an inscape
- instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.