8-letter words containing a, r, o, n, s
- 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.
- seaborne — transported by ship over the sea.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- selangor — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- senorita — a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sensoria — a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- shagroon — a nineteenth-century Australian settler in Canterbury
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- signoria — the government of an Italian city-state
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- snot rag — a handkerchief
- snot-rag — a handkerchief.
- sobranje — the national assembly of Bulgaria, consisting of a single chamber of elected deputies.
- soekarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- solander — a case for maps, plates, etc., made to resemble a book and having the front cover and fore edge hinged.
- sonarman — a petty officer who operates and maintains sonar.
- 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
- spadroon — a type of sword
- spanworm — measuringworm.
- 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.
- stanford — (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- start on — begin attacking
- stonerag — a type of lichen, Parmela saxatilis, which produces a brown dye
- storeman — a man employed to look after a storeroom
- 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.
- swordman — swordsman.
- tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- unreason — inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- unsavory — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- waitrons — Plural form of waitron.
- war nose — the explosive forward section of a projectile, as of a torpedo or shell; warhead.
- warisons — Plural form of warison.