7-letter words containing a, n, o, s
- oarsman — a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- oarsmen — a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- obtains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obtain.
- oceanus — a Titan who was the son of Uranus and Gaea, the consort of Tethys, and the father of the river gods and Oceanids.
- octants — Plural form of octant.
- oddsman — a referee or arbitrator
- oilcans — Plural form of oilcan.
- oilsand — Alternative spelling of oil sand.
- on base — at a base, having reached it safely with a base hit, walk, etc.
- on sale — the act of selling.
- on seat — (of officials) in the office rather than on tour or on leave
- on-seam — inseam (def 3).
- on-task — focused on the job at hand
- onagers — Plural form of onager.
- onanism — withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- onanist — withdrawal of the penis in sexual intercourse so that ejaculation takes place outside the vagina; coitus interruptus.
- onassis — Aristotle Socrates, 1906–75, Greek businessman, born in Turkey.
- onitsha — a city in SW Nigeria, on the Niger River.
- onsager — Lars, 1903–76, U.S. chemist, born in Norway: Nobel prize 1968.
- onstage — on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): The director shouted, “Onstage, everybody!”.
- onstead — (UK, Scotland, dialect) A single farmhouse; a steading.
- onwards — toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- oranges — a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
- orantes — orant.
- ordains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ordain.
- orleans — Louis Philippe Joseph [lwee fee-leep zhaw-zef] /lwi fiˈlip ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), Duc (Philippe Égalité) 1747–93, French political leader.
- orphans — Plural form of orphan.
- osirian — the king and judge of the dead, the husband and brother of Isis, and father (or brother) of Horus, killed by Set but later resurrected (after Horus killed Set): usually depicted as a man, partly wrapped as a mummy, having a beard and wearing the atef-crown.
- osman i — 1259–1326, Turkish sultan; founder of the Ottoman Empire
- osmanli — an Ottoman.
- osmunda — any fern of the genus Osmunda, especially the royal fern.
- ouranos — Uranus (def 2).
- outsang — simple past tense of outsing.
- outspan — to unyoke or unhitch, as oxen from a wagon.
- paesano — an Italian-American man
- paisano — paisan.
- panhoss — pannhas.
- pannose — having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.
- paoshan — a town in W Yunnan province, in S China, on the Burma Road.
- parison — a partially shaped mass of molten glass.
- parsons — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- pass on — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- passion — any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
- pearson — Drew (Andrew Russell Pearson) 1897–1969, U.S. journalist.
- persona — a person.
- plasmon — the sum total of plasmagenes in a cell
- porsena — Lars (lɑːz). 6th century bc, a legendary Etruscan king, alleged to have besieged Rome in a vain attempt to reinstate Tarquinius Superbus on the throne
- posaune — an organ reed with a tone resembling a trombone
- postman — a postal employee who carries and delivers mail; mail carrier.
- pronaos — (in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.