8-letter words containing sin
- desinent — (obsolete) Ending; forming an end; lowermost.
- devising — to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method.
- disinter — to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- disinure — to render unaccustomed
- draisine — an early form of bicycle designed in Germany, nick-named the hobby horse or dandy horse
- dressing — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
- 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.
- easiness — the quality or condition of being easy.
- effusing — Present participle of effuse.
- elapsing — Present participle of elapse.
- elsinore — Helsingør
- encasing — Present participle of encase.
- excising — Present participle of excise.
- excusing — Present participle of excuse.
- exposing — Present participle of expose.
- extensin — (biochemistry) Any of a family of flexuous, rod-like, hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) of the plant cell wall.
- flossing — The act of removing food and plaque from one's teeth using dental floss.
- focusing — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- fressing — to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.
- fuchsine — A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride or similar) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
- fuchsins — Plural form of fuchsin.
- gassings — Plural form of gassing.
- glassine — a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.
- glassing — Present participle of glass.
- glossina — tsetse fly.
- glossing — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- grassing — any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains. Compare grass family.
- greasing — Present participle of grease.
- grissini — Thin, crisp Italian breadsticks.
- grissino — Italian breadstick
- grossing — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- guessing — The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.
- hearsing — Present participle of hearse.
- heatsink — Alternative spelling of heat sink.
- 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.
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- housings — Plural form of housing.
- hsinking — Older Spelling. former name of Changchun.
- ibn sina — Arabic name of Avicenna.
- imposing — very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.: Notre Dame, Rheims, and other imposing cathedrals of France.
- incising — Present participle of incise.
- incusing — Present participle of incuse.
- infusing — Present participle of infuse.
- iodopsin — a photosensitive violet pigment that occurs in the cones of the retina and is transformed by light into retinal and an opsin protein.
- ionising — (British) alternative spelling of ionizing.
- jonesing — Present participle of jones.
- kerosine — Alternative spelling of kerosene.