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8-letter words containing a, n, i, s, o

  • novi sad — an autonomous province within Serbia. 8303 sq. mi. (21,506 sq. km). Capital: Novi Sad.
  • obeisant — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
  • obsidian — a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture.
  • ocarinas — Plural form of ocarina.
  • occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
  • oil sand — a sand or sandstone containing oil or tarry residue in the pore spaces.
  • oilsands — Plural form of oilsand.
  • onanists — withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
  • oppidans — Plural form of oppidan.
  • opuntias — Plural form of opuntia.
  • orangish — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
  • orations — Plural form of oration.
  • ordinals — Plural form of ordinal.
  • organics — Plural form of organic.
  • organise — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
  • organism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
  • organist — a person who plays the organ.
  • orinasal — pronounced with the voice issuing through the mouth and the nose simultaneously, as in the nasalized vowels of French.
  • oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
  • oscitant — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
  • ossetian — Also, Ossetic. of, relating to, or characteristic of Ossetia, a region in Caucasia, or the Ossets, the people living there.
  • ossianic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ossian, the poetry attributed to him, or the rhythmic prose published by James Macpherson in 1762–63, purporting to be a translation from the Scottish Gaelic.
  • ostinato — a constantly recurring melodic fragment.
  • ovations — Plural form of ovation.
  • paraison — parison.
  • pasolini — Pier Paolo, 1922–75, Italian film director and poet.
  • passions — desire
  • patinous — patinated.
  • polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
  • postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
  • prazosin — a white crystalline substance, C 1 9 H 2 1 N 5 O 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
  • radisson — Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
  • rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
  • raisonne — carefully thought out, logical
  • ratisbon — Regensburg.
  • roasting — roasted: roast beef.
  • romanism — Roman Catholicism.
  • romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • rosalind — a female given name.
  • rosarian — a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
  • rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
  • sainfoin — a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.
  • saint-lô — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
  • salmonid — belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
  • salonika — Also, Salonica [suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh] /səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə/ (Show IPA), Saloniki [Greek sah-law-nee-kee] /Greek ˌsɑ lɔˈni ki/ (Show IPA). Official name Thessalonike. Ancient Therma. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in NE Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika.
  • salopian — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
  • salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
  • sanction — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
  • santiago — a republic in SW South America, on the Pacific Coast. 286,396 sq. mi. (741,765 sq. km). Capital: Santiago.
  • santonin — a crystalline compound, C 1 5 H 1 8 O 3 , the active principle of santonica.
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