8-letter words containing a, r, n, o
- roarming — severe
- roasting — roasted: roast beef.
- roborant — strengthening.
- rockland — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- rodentia — the order comprising the rodents.
- rogation — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- romancer — a novel, movie, or genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love or begin a romantic relationship (often used attributively): We knew it was a romance, so we were expecting a happy ending. Romance novels are popular escapist entertainment.
- romanian — a native or inhabitant of Romania.
- romanism — Roman Catholicism.
- romanist — Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- romanite — a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- romanize — to make Roman Catholic.
- 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
- romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- roncador — any of several types of fish found along the Pacific Coast of North America
- rondache — a small, round shield
- rondavel — a circular often thatched building with a conical roof
- rondonia — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
- 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
- rotarian — a member of a Rotary Club.
- rotating — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- rotation — the act of rotating; a turning around as on an axis.
- roumania — Romania.
- routeman — a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver.
- run amok — If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
- runabout — a small, light automobile or other vehicle, usually with an open top; roadster.
- saffrony — saffron-coloured
- safronal — an oily liquid derived from saffron
- san remo — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Riviera: resort.
- sanatory — favorable for health; curative; healing.
- sandworm — any of several marine worms that live in sand.
- sandwort — any plant belonging to the genus Arenaria, of the pink family, having narrow leaves and clusters of usually white flowers, many of which grow in sandy soil.
- santorin — Thera.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- sarandon — Susan Abigail. born 1946, US film actress: her films include Thelma and Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), The Client (1994), Dead Man Walking (1996), and Moonlight Mile (2002)
- sardonic — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- sardonyx — a chalcedony that is used for cameos and has sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.
- sargeson — Frank. 1903–82, New Zealand short-story writer and novelist. His work includes the short-story collection That Summer and Other Stories (1946) and the novel I Saw in my Dream (1949)
- sarpedon — a Lycian prince, son of Zeus, killed by Patroclus in the Trojan War.
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- sayonara — a Japanese farewell
- scenario — an outline of the plot of a dramatic work, giving particulars as to the scenes, characters, situations, etc.
- scranton — William Warren, 1917–2011, U.S. politician.
- sea-born — born in or of the sea, as naiads.