8-letter words that end in in
- fountain — a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- franklin — Aretha [uh-ree-thuh] /əˈri θə/ (Show IPA), born 1942, U.S. singer.
- fraulein — an unmarried woman.
- galactin — prolactin.
- gallatin — Albert, 1761–1849, U.S. statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1801–13.
- gallopin — (obsolete) An underservant in the kitchen; a scullion, or cook's errand boy.
- gas main — a large pipe for conducting and distributing gas to lesser pipes or ducts, especially such a pipe carrying and distributing household gas beneath the streets of a town or city.
- gelsolin — an actin-binding protein that modulates actin filament length and gelation, influencing cell locomotion and structure, endocytosis, etc.
- gershwin — George, 1898–1937, U.S. composer.
- glass in — to enclose with glass panes
- globulin — any of a group of proteins, as myosin, occurring in plant and animal tissue, insoluble in pure water but soluble in dilute salt solutions and coagulable by heat.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- gluhwein — mulled wine
- glutelin — any of a group of simple proteins of vegetable origin, especially one from wheat.
- glutenin — a simple protein of cereal grains that imparts adhesive properties to flour.
- glycerin — glycerol.
- go-train — a lightweight passenger train providing rapid surface transport between a city center and the suburbs and from suburb to suburb.
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- gorgerin — the neckline portion of a capital of a column, or a feature forming the junction between a shaft and its capital.
- gospodin — a title of respect corresponding to Mr.
- gridelin — a greyish violet colour
- grind in — to make (a conical valve) fit its seating by grinding them together in the presence of an abrasive paste
- guesclin — Bertrand du ?1320–80, French commander during the Hundred Years' War
- gwich'in — a member of a North American Indian people from northwest Canada and northeast Alaska
- haematin — Alternative spelling of hematin.
- harmalin — chemical derived from harmala
- heinlein — Robert A(nson) 1907–1988, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- hematein — a reddish-brown, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 16 H 12 O 6 , obtained from logwood: used chiefly as a stain in microscopy.
- hennepin — Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1640?–1701? Belgian Roman Catholic missionary and explorer in America.
- hepcidin — A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.
- histamin — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- hoactzin — hoatzin.
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- ice rain — freezing rain.
- ilyushin — Sergei Vladimirovich (sɛrˈɡɛi vladiˈmiːrovɪtʃ). 1894–1977, Soviet aircraft designer. He designed the dive bomber Il-2 Stormovik and the jet airliner Il-62
- in train — If a process or event is in train or has been set in train, it is happening or starting to happen.
- in-grain — to implant or fix deeply and firmly, as in the nature or mind.
- incretin — (biochemistry) A gastrointestinal hormone causing an increase in the amount of insulin released from the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans after eating, even before blood glucose levels become elevated.
- indurain — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1964, Spanish cyclist: first with five consecutive victories (1991–95) in the Tour de France.
- integrin — (biochemistry) Any of many heterodimeric transmembrane proteins that function as receptors in communication between cells.
- invertin — an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- iodopsin — a photosensitive violet pigment that occurs in the cones of the retina and is transformed by light into retinal and an opsin protein.
- isopedin — the underlying layer of a ganoid scale, composed of connective tissue embedded with bone.
- kaiserin — the wife of a Kaiser
- kallidin — a peptide in blood plasma that dilates blood vessels and causes contraction of smooth muscles
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- karyotin — chromatin
- katahdin — Mount, the highest peak in Maine, in the central part. 5273 feet (1607 meters).
- keewatin — a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.