9 Letter Words for Sphincter
sphincter
8 Letter Words for Sphincter
christen, citherns, phrenics, pinchers, pinscher, pitchers, snitcher, spectrin, spitcher
7 Letter Words for Sphincter
ceriphs, chipset, ciphers, cistern, cithern, cithers, cretins, crispen, encrisp, escript, estrich, ethnics, hinters, hipster, incepts, inchers, inchest, incrept, increst, inspect, nephric, nichers, nipters, pectins, peincts, pertish, phrenic, pincers, pincher, pinches, pitcher, pitches, princes, pschent, pterins, repitch, richens, richest, scrithe, snicher, sphenic, spheric, sthenic, striche, triceps
6 Letter Words for Sphincter
ceriph, certis, cherts, chines, chinse, chints, chirps, chirts, christ, cinter, cipher, citers, cither, crepis, cretin, crines, crinet, cripes, criths, encist, enrich, esprit, estrin, ethics, ethnic, hinter, hister, incept, incest, incher, inches, inerts, insect, insert, instep, inters, itches, nepits, nicest, nicher, niches, nichts, nipter, niters, nither, pectin, peinct, perish, pernis, persic, phenic, pierst, pincer, pinche, pithes, precis, prents, prices, priest, prince, prints, pritch, pteric, pterin, pteris, rechip, recits, renish, repins, reship, respin, rhenic, rhines, richen, riches, richts, ripens, ripest, scient, scrine, script, scrite, septic, seriph, shicer, shiner, shrine, shrite, sinter, sithen, sitrep, sniper, snitch, snithe, spetch, spicer, spinet, sprent, sprint, sprite, stench, steric, sterin, strich, strine, stripe, terpin, theics, theins, theirn, theirs, threip, thrice, thrips, tiches, trench, tricep, trices, triens, trines, tripes
5 Letter Words for Sphincter
ceint, centi, cents, cerin, certs, cesti, cetin, cheir, chert, chest, chien, chine, chins, chint, chips, chirp, chirt, chits, cines, cires, citer, cites, crept, crest, cries, crine, cripe, crips, crise, crisp, crith, crits, csnet, entsi, epics, epist, epris, erics, eshin, ethic, heirs, heist, hents, herns, hints, hiper, hiren, hires, hirse, hirst, hsien, icers, iches, inept, inert, insep, inset, instr, inter, iters, ither, neist, nepit, nerts, nicer, niche, nicht, nitch, niter, pechs, pecht, penis, pents, perch, peris, perit, perns, perst, perth, perts, petri, phies, phren, piers, piert, piest, piets, pinch, piner, pines, pinte, pints, pirns, piste, pitch, piths, prent, price, prich, pries, prine, print, recip, recit, recpt, recti, reich, reins, reist, rents, repic, repin, resin, resit, retch, retin, retip, rheic, rhein, rhies, rhine, rices, riche, richt, rinch, rines, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, rites, rithe, scent, scrin, scrip, scrit, senit, senti, sepic, seric, serin, shent, shice, shier, shine, shipt, shire, shirt, shrip, sicer, sicht, sient, sieth, since, siper, siren, sitch, sithe, snerp, snipe, snirt, snite, spect, speir, spent, spice, spier, spine, spire, spite, spret, sprit, stchi, stech, stein, steri, stern, stich, stine, stipe, stire, stirp, strep, strip, techs, tehrs, tench, terns, theic, thein, their, thens, thine, thins, thisn, thrip, ticer, tices, tiens, tiers, tines, tires, trice, tries, trine, trins, tripe, trips, tsine
4 Letter Words for Sphincter
cens, cent, ceps, cern, cert, cest, ceti, chen, cher, chin, chip, chis, chit, cine, cire, cist, cite, cits, cres, crin, crip, cris, crit, crpe, crts, echt, entr, epic, epit, eric, erin, eris, erns, ersh, erst, erth, etch, eths, etic, heir, hens, hent, heps, hept, hern, herp, hers, hert, hesp, hest, hets, hics, hies, hine, hins, hint, hipe, hips, hipt, hire, hisn, hist, hits, icer, ices, ichs, inch, incr, insp, inst, intr, ipse, ires, irpe, isnt, isth, itch, iter, neps, nesh, nest, neth, neti, nets, nice, nies, nips, nist, nits, nsec, pech, pecs, pehs, peni, pens, pent, perh, peri, pern, pers, pert, pest, pets, phis, phit, pice, pich, pics, pict, pien, pier, pies, piet, pine, pins, pint, pirn, pirs, pise, pish, pist, pith, pits, pnce, prec, pres, pret, prie, prin, psec, rcpt, recs, rect, rehs, rein, reit, rent, reps, rept, resp, rest, rets, rhet, rice, rich, ries, rine, rins, ripe, rips, ript, risc, rise, risp, rist, rite, rits, scet, sech, sect, seir, seit, sent, sepn, sept, sert, seth, sher, shet, shin, ship, shir, shit, shpt, shri, sice, sich, sien, sier, sine, sinh, sipe, sire, site, sith, snip, snit, spec, spet, spic, spie, spin, spit, sten, step, ster, stie, stir, stre, tche, tchr, tech, tehr, tens, tern, terp, then, thin, thir, this, tice, tich, tics, tien, tier, ties, tinc, tine, tins, tipe, tips, tire, tres, trie, trin, trip, tshi
3 Letter Words for Sphincter
cen, cep, cer, che, chi, chn, chs, cie, cir, cis, cit, cns, cpi, cpr, cps, cpt, crs, crt, csi, csp, cst, cte, ctn, ctr, cts, ech, ect, ehs, eir, enc, ens, epi, ern, ers, ert, esc, esp, esr, est, etc, eth, hei, hen, hep, her, hes, het, hic, hie, hin, hip, hir, his, hit, hrs, hts, ice, ich, ihp, ihs, inc, ins, int, iph, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ish, isn, ist, its, nei, nep, net, nie, nip, nis, nit, nth, pci, pct, pec, peh, pen, per, pes, pet, phi, phr, pht, pic, pie, pin, pir, pis, pit, prc, pre, prn, prs, psi, pst, pte, pts, rct, rec, reh, rei, rep, res, rhe, rie, rin, rip, rit, rps, rpt, rte, rti, sch, sci, scr, sct, sec, sei, sen, sep, ser, set, she, shi, shp, shr, sht, sic, sie, sin, sip, sir, sit, spt, sri, str, tch, tcp, tec, ten, ter, tes, the, tic, tie, tin, tip, tis, tph, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, tsh, tsi, tsp
Definitions for Sphincter
[1] a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
[2] anatomy a ring of muscle surrounding the opening of a hollow organ or body and contracting to close it
Words nearby Sphincter
spherophakia, spheroplast, spherule, spherulite, sphery, sphincter, sphincter muscle of common bile duct, sphincter muscle of pancreatic duct, sphincter muscle of pupil, sphincter muscle of pylorus, sphincter muscle of urethra
Origin of Sphincter
1570–80; < Late Latin < Greek sphinktḗr, equivalent to sphing-, base of sphíngein to hold tight + -tēr suffix denoting agent
Other words from Sphincter
sphinc·ter·al , sphinc·te·ri·al [sfingk-teer -ee-uh l] /sfɪŋkˈtɪər i əl/ , sphinc·ter·ic [sfingk-ter -ik] /sfɪŋkˈtɛr ɪk/ , sphinc·ter·ate [sfingk -ter-it, -tuh -reyt] /ˈsfɪŋk tər ɪt, -təˌreɪt/ , adjective
sphinc′ ter•al null adj.
Word origin for Sphincter
C16: from Late Latin, from Greek sphinkter, from sphingein to grip tightly