8-letter words containing si
- gymnasia — a plural of gymnasium2 .
- haphsiba — Hephzibah (def 1).
- haplosis — the production of haploid chromosome groups during meiosis.
- hasidean — Assidean.
- hasidism — the principles and practices of the Hasidim.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- heatsink — Alternative spelling of heat sink.
- heelside — (board sports) the side of the board nearest the heel.
- heliosis — the effect of overexposure to the sun
- helsinki — Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- heresies — Plural form of heresy.
- hesitant — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hessians — Plural form of Hessian.
- hex sign — any of various magical symbols of usually stylized design, as those painted on barns by the Pennsylvania Dutch for protection against evil spirits and now sometimes used for purely decorative purposes.
- hicksite — a member of the liberal body of Quakers in the U.S., who asserted the sufficiency of the Inner Light in religious life.
- hidrosis — the excessive production of sweat.
- hillside — a township in NE New Jersey.
- hillsite — a location or site on the side or top of a hill.
- hip size — a measurement around the hips at the level of the buttocks used in clothing and assessing general health
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- homeosis — The replacement of part of one segment of an insect or other segmented animal by a structure characteristic of a different segment, especially through mutation.
- homesick — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- homesite — a plot of land for a home.
- hormesis — Stimulation by the use of a low concentration of a toxin.
- housesit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- housings — Plural form of housing.
- hsinking — Older Spelling. former name of Changchun.
- huissier — an usher
- hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
- ibn sina — Arabic name of Avicenna.
- igdrasil — Ygdrasil
- illision — (obsolete) The act of dashing or striking against.
- illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- illusive — illusory.
- imposing — very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.: Notre Dame, Rheims, and other imposing cathedrals of France.
- in sight — an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding: an insight into 18th-century life.
- incising — Present participle of incise.
- incision — a cut, gash, or notch.
- incisive — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- incusing — Present participle of incuse.
- indusial — Of, pertaining to, or containing the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects.
- indusium — Botany, Mycology. any of several structures having a netlike or skirtlike shape, as the membranous overgrowth covering the sori in ferns.
- inessive — noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or within which.
- infusing — Present participle of infuse.
- infusion — the act or process of infusing.
- infusive — capable of infusing; inspiring.
- inhesion — the state or fact of inhering; inherence.
- inn sign — a sign on a small pub or hotel (an inn), usually displaying its name
- 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.