8-letter words containing a, r, n, o
- ragstone — a hard sandstone or limestone, esp when used for building
- raimondi — Marcantonio [mahr-kan-toh-nee-oh;; Italian mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kænˈtoʊ niˌoʊ;; Italian ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1534, Italian engraver.
- rain off — If a sports game is rained off, it has to stop, or it is not able to start, because of rain.
- rain out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rain-out — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rainbows — the Rainbow Guides, the youngest group of girls (aged 5-7 years) in The Guide Association
- raincoat — a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.
- raindrop — a drop of rain.
- raisonne — carefully thought out, logical
- ranchero — a rancher.
- randlord — a mining magnate during the 19th-century gold boom in Johannesburg
- randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- randomer — an unspecified person of no importance
- randomly — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- rangiora — an evergreen shrub or small tree, Brachyglottis repanda, of New Zealand, having large ovate leaves and small greenish-white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- raniform — resembling a frog, froglike
- 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.
- rathbone — Basil, 1892–1967, English actor, born in South Africa.
- rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- rationed — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- ratisbon — Regensburg.
- ratooner — a plant that grows by ratooning
- rave on! — Sarcastic invitation to continue a rave, often by someone who wishes the raver would get a clue but realises this is unlikely.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- rawboned — having little flesh, especially on a large-boned frame; gaunt.
- reaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- realtone — a ringtone for a mobile phone that uses an original sound recording rather than an electronic tone
- reasoned — based on reason: a carefully reasoned decision.
- red roan — a horse having a bay coat sprinkled with white hairs
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- relation — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- renegado — a renegade.
- renogram — a kidney scan monitoring the throughput by the kidney of a radioactive chemical injected into the bloodstream
- renovate — to restore to good condition; make new or as if new again; repair.
- reobtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- reordain — to ordain again
- repo man — a person who is employed to take back or repossess property, esp because of failure to make payments under a hire-purchase agreement
- 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.
- rhiannon — the wife of Pwyll who, accused of having eaten her son, was forced as a penance to carry people on her back until vindicated by her son's return.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- rigadoon — a lively dance, formerly popular, for one couple, characterized by a jumping step and usually in quick duple meter.
- rigatoni — a tubular pasta in short, ribbed pieces.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- roanpipe — a drainpipe leading down from a gutter