8-letter words containing a, n, i, s, o
- isogonal — equiangular; isogonic.
- isolanis — Plural form of isolani.
- isonomia — Equality before the law; possession of equal rights; equal distribution of rights and privileges.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- isoquant — (economics) A line of equal or constant economic production on a graph, chart or map.
- jacobins — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- janitors — Plural form of janitor.
- japonism — something typically Japanese.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- laminose — laminate; laminar.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- lampions — Plural form of lampion.
- lanosity — lanate.
- lassoing — a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- liaisons — Plural form of liaison.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- loadings — Plural form of loading.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- lyonnais — a former province in E France.
- madisons — Plural form of madison.
- mahonias — Plural form of mahonia.
- malisons — Plural form of malison.
- manitous — Plural form of manitou.
- mansions — Plural form of mansion.
- masoning — Present participle of mason.
- masonite — A type of hardboard formed using wooden chips and blasting them into long fibers with steam and then forming them into boards.
- masvingo — a city in S central Zimbabwe.
- misatone — to atone wrongly or improperly
- mocassin — Alternative spelling of moccasin.
- moccasin — a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- monadism — the doctrine of monads as ultimate units of being.
- monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- monastir — Bitola
- moonsail — a small sail carried high on the mast above the skysail
- moraines — Plural form of moraine.
- nabobism — any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
- nainsook — a fine, soft-finished cotton fabric, usually white, used for lingerie and infants' wear.
- narcosis — a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- narquois — mocking, malicious, or snide
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- nominals — Plural form of nominal.
- nonacids — Plural form of nonacid.
- nonbasic — of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; the basic ingredient.
- notaries — Plural form of notary.
- notarise — to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.