8-letter words containing a, n, o, s
- patinous — patinated.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- pawnshop — the shop of a pawnbroker, especially one where unredeemed items are displayed and sold.
- pentosan — any of a class of polysaccharides that occur in plants, humus, etc., and form pentoses upon hydrolysis.
- personae — a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.
- personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- planosol — a type of intrazonal soil of humid or subhumid uplands having a strongly leached upper layer overlying a clay hardpan
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- pleonasm — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pleonast — someone who uses more words than necessary
- 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)
- postanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- 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.
- proseman — a writer of prose
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- raccoons — Plural form of raccoon.
- radisson — Pierre Esprit [es-pree] /ɛs pri/ (Show IPA), 1636?–1710? French fur trader and explorer in Canada.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
- raisonne — carefully thought out, logical
- ransomed — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ransomer — the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ratisbon — Regensburg.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- reseason — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- resonant — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- resonate — to resound.
- responsa — the branch of rabbinical literature comprised of authoritative replies in letter form made by noted rabbis or Jewish scholars to questions sent to them concerning Jewish law.
- rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
- roasting — roasted: roast beef.
- romanism — Roman Catholicism.
- romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- romanovs — a member of the imperial dynasty of Russia that ruled from 1613 to 1917.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- rosalind — a female given name.
- rosamond — a feminine name: dim. Roz
- rosamund — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “horse” and “protection.”.
- rosarian — a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
- roseanna — a female given name.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- s-a node — sinoatrial node
- saffrony — saffron-coloured
- safronal — an oily liquid derived from saffron
- 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.
- salmonet — a young salmon
- salmonid — belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.