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8-letter words that end in ine

  • sanidine — a glassy, often transparent variety of orthoclase in which sodium may replace as much as 50 percent of the potassium: forms phenocrysts in some igneous rocks.
  • sciurine — of or relating to the squirrels and allied rodents of the family Sciuridae.
  • serotine — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
  • sideline — a line at the side of something.
  • simazine — a colorless crystalline selective herbicide, C 7 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used for season-long weed control in corn and other crops.
  • sinapine — an alkaloid, C 1 6 H 2 5 NO 5 , found in the seeds of the black mustard.
  • slimline — slim in appearance.
  • smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
  • snowline — limit of permanent snow
  • solanine — a poisonous alkaloid found in various solanaceous plants, including potatoes which have gone green through exposure to light
  • sonatine — a short or simplified sonata.
  • soricine — of or resembling the shrews.
  • sourdine — mute (def 10).
  • spermine — a polyamine, H 2 N(CH 2) 3 NH(CH 2) 4 NH(CH 2) 3 NH 2 , formed from spermidine and occurring in all cells, especially prevalent in semen, sputum, pancreatic tissue, and certain yeasts.
  • stearine — Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 1 8 H 3 5 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
  • stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
  • strigine — of or like an owl
  • sunshine — the shining of the sun; direct light of the sun.
  • sycamine — a tree mentioned in the New Testament, probably the black mulberry.
  • sylviine — (of a bird) belonging to the subfamily Sylviinae
  • syncline — a synclinal fold.
  • tag line — the last line of a play, story, speech, etc., used to clarify or dramatize a point.
  • tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
  • telecine — equipment used mainly by television studios for converting film images to signals suitable for television transmission.
  • thalline — a chemical compound used for medicinal purposes
  • the nine — the nine Muses
  • theatine — a member of a congregation of regular clerics, founded in Italy in 1524 to combat Protestantism and promote higher morality among Roman Catholics.
  • thebaine — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C 19 H 21 NO 3 , present in opium in small quantities, but having a strychninelike rather than a narcotic effect.
  • thiamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
  • thiazine — any of a class of compounds containing a ring composed of one atom each of sulfur and nitrogen and four atoms of carbon.
  • thionine — a crystalline derivative of thiazine used as a violet dye to stain microscope specimens
  • tideline — the mark or line left by the tide when it retreats from its highest point
  • tie line — a line that connects two or more extensions in a PBX telephone system.
  • timeline — a linear representation of important events in the order in which they occurred.
  • tin mine — a mine used for the extraction of tin
  • tolidine — any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
  • topazine — like topaz
  • touraine — a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
  • tramline — a streetcar system.
  • trapline — the ensnaring filament of a spider's web.
  • trephine — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
  • triazine — any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
  • trotline — a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
  • try line — the line behind which the ball must be placed to score a try in a rugby match
  • tumpline — a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
  • two-line — (formerly) denoting double the normal size of printer's type
  • tyramine — an amine, C 8 H 11 NO, abundant in ripe cheese as a breakdown product of tyrosine by removal of the carboxyl group (COOH).
  • tyrosine — a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
  • undivine — not divine
  • ursuline — Roman Catholic Church. a member of an order of nuns founded at Brescia, Italy, about 1537, devoted to teaching.
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