8-letter words containing a, n, s, e, r
- 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.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- raciness — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- raisonne — carefully thought out, logical
- rankless — a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- rankness — growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth: tall rank weeds.
- 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.
- raptness — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- rashness — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
- ratsbane — rat poison.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- readings — Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief Justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
- realness — true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
- reascend — to ascend again
- reascent — a further ascent
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- reassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.
- redlands — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- refasten — to fasten again
- refrains — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- reinsman — a person who rides or drives horses, especially a skillful one, as a jockey or harness driver.
- remnants — a remaining, usually small part, quantity, number, or the like.
- 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.
- resinata — a type of white wine from Greece
- resinate — to treat with resin, as by impregnation.
- 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.
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- 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.
- roseanna — a female given name.
- rosinate — a salt or acid occurring in resin
- saarinen — Eero [air-oh] /ˈɛər oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1910–61, U.S. architect, born in Finland.
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- san remo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Riviera: resort.
- sancerre — a dry white wine from the Loire valley region of France.
- sandiver — a whitish, saline scum formed on the surface of molten glass.
- sangaree — sangría.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- sangreal — grail (def 1); the Holy Grail.
- santarem — a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
- santeria — (sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sarcenet — a fine, soft fabric, often of silk, made in plain or twill weave and used especially for linings.