8-letter words containing a, n, o, s
- sogdiana — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- solanine — a poisonous alkaloid found in various solanaceous plants, including potatoes which have gone green through exposure to light
- solation — to change from a gel to a sol.
- solimena — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- solo man — an early human being of the upper Pleistocene, known from skull fragments found in Java.
- somalian — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- somniate — to dream
- sonarman — a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- sonatina — a short or simplified sonata.
- sonatine — a short or simplified sonata.
- sonicate — a thing which has been subjected to sound waves
- sonogram — the visual image produced by reflected sound waves in a diagnostic ultrasound examination.
- sonorant — a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
- sortance — suitableness
- soundman — a sound recorder in a television crew
- spa town — a town where water comes out of the ground and people come to drink it or lie in it because they think it will improve their health
- spadroon — a type of sword
- spanworm — measuringworm.
- spondaic — of or relating to a spondee.
- spray-on — applied by means of an aerosol spray
- squadron — a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.
- squarson — a clergyman who is also main local landowner
- staghorn — a piece of a stag's antler, especially when used to form objects, decorations, or the like.
- stallion — an uncastrated adult male horse, especially one used for breeding.
- stamp on — tread heavily on
- stand on — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- standoff — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- standout — something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.
- stanford — (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stannous — containing tin, especially in the bivalent state.
- stanovoi — a mountain range in the E Russian Federation in Asia: a watershed between the Pacific and Arctic oceans; highest peak, 8143 feet (2480 meters).
- start on — begin attacking
- stasimon — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode, especially in tragedy, divided into strophe and antistrophe: usually alternating with the epeisodion and, in the final ode, preceding the exodos.
- staunton — a city in N Virginia.
- stoating — the process or technique of finishing a facing, collar, or the like, or of mending material with concealed stitching.
- stockman — U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.
- stonecat — a yellowish-brown, freshwater catfish, Noturus flavus, of the Mississippi River valley and Great Lakes, having poisonous pectoral spines.
- stoneham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- stoneman — a stonecutter or stoneworker.
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- stotinka — a minor coin of Bulgaria, the 100th part of a lev.
- stovaine — a drug used for anaesthetic purposes and as a cocaine substitute
- stratton — Charles Sherwood ("General Tom Thumb") 1838–83, U.S. midget who performed in the circus of P. T. Barnum.
- strawson — Sir Peter (Frederick). 1919–2006, British philosopher. His early work deals with the relationship between language and logic, his later work with metaphysics. His books include The Bounds of Sense (1966) and Freedom and Resentment (1974)
- strontia — Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.