8-letter words that end in ins
- maximins — Plural form of maximin.
- muezzins — Plural form of muezzin.
- murrains — Plural form of murrain.
- ninepins — (used with a singular verb) tenpins played without the head pin.
- oilskins — A waterproof garment, made from oilskin, used especially at sea.
- opsonins — Plural form of opsonin.
- pearlins — clothes trimmed with pearlin
- pertains — to have reference or relation; relate: documents pertaining to the lawsuit.
- pitikins — a mild oath (esp in the phrase ods pitikins)
- proggins — a university proctor
- proteins — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- refrains — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- scalpins — small stones used to improve drainage
- step-ins — step-in garments, esp underwear
- stowlins — stealthily
- tompkins — Daniel D. 1774–1825, U.S. politician and jurist: vice president of the U.S. 1817–25.
- vitamins — any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies of vitamins produce specific disorders.
- westlins — to or in the west