8-letter words containing s, i
- akinesia — the loss of the ability to move, caused by diseases of the central nervous system
- akinesis — absence, loss, or impairment of the power of voluntary movement.
- al sirat — the correct path of religion
- alarmism — The production of needless alarms.
- alarmist — Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
- alastair — a male given name.
- alastrim — a form of smallpox caused by the virus Variola minor
- albiness — a female albino
- albinism — the condition of being an albino
- albumins — Plural form of albumin.
- alcaides — Plural form of alcaide.
- alcestis — the wife of king Admetus of Thessaly. To save his life, she died in his place, but was rescued from Hades by Hercules
- alcinous — (in Homer's Odyssey) a Phaeacian king at whose court the shipwrecked Odysseus told of his wanderings
- alembics — Plural form of alembic.
- alewives — Plural form of alewife.
- algorism — the Arabic or decimal system of counting
- aliasing — the error in a vision or sound signal arising from limitations in the system that generates or processes the signal
- alidades — Plural form of alidade.
- alienees — Plural form of alienee.
- alienism — the study and treatment of mental illness
- alienist — a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness
- alienors — Plural form of alienor.
- aliments — that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alinasal — (anatomy) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
- aliquots — Plural form of aliquot.
- alistair — a masculine name
- alkalies — Plural form of alkali.
- alkestis — Alcestis (def 1).
- allelism — any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
- allision — the striking of one ship by another.
- allspice — Allspice is a powder used as a spice in cooking, which is made from the berries of a tropical American tree.
- allusion — An allusion is an indirect reference to someone or something.
- allusive — Allusive speech, writing, or art is full of indirect references to people or things.
- allyship — The role or status of being an ally.
- almirahs — Plural form of almirah.
- alocasia — any of various tropical plants of the genus Alocasia
- aloysius — Saint. full name Aloysius Luigi Gonzaga. 1568–91, Italian Jesuit who died nursing plague victims; the patron saint of youth. Feast day: June 21
- alphosis — absence of skin pigmentation, as in albinism
- alpinism — mountain climbing, especially in the Alps.
- alpinist — a mountaineer who climbs in medium-sized glaciated mountain areas such as the Alps
- alsatian — An Alsatian is a large, usually fierce dog that is often used to guard buildings or by the police to help them find criminals.
- altoists — Plural form of altoist.
- altrices — altricial birds
- altruism — Altruism is unselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare.
- altruist — a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
- alumni's — a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- amadises — a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.
- amakhosi — Plural form of inkhosi.
- amassing — to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money.
- amazonis — an area on the equator of Mars.