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Showing words for SPHINCTER using the English dictionary

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