8-letter words containing a, r, o, n, s
- paterson — a city in NE New Jersey.
- patrones — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- 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.
- plastron — a piece of plate armor for the upper part of the torso in front.
- 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
- 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