8-letter words containing a, s, c, n
- fasnacht — a deep-fried raised doughnut; originally served on Shrove Tuesday as the last sweet treat before Lent.
- feasance — the doing or performing of an act, as of a condition or duty.
- fiancees — Plural form of fiancee.
- finances — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- finbacks — Plural form of finback.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- francais — (borrowed) The French language.
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- gascogne — Gascony
- glackens — William James, 1870–1938, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- guanacos — Plural form of guanaco.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- handcars — Plural form of handcar.
- haunches — the hip.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hispanic — Spanish.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- icosagon — (mathematics) A polygon with twenty sides and twenty angles.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- incisura — (anatomy) a notch or indent.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- infarcts — Plural form of infarct.
- infracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infract.
- insectan — Of or relating to insects.
- instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- instancy — quality of being instant; urgency; pressing nature.
- isocyano — containing an isocyano group.
- issuance — the act of issuing.
- jacobins — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jacobsen — Jens Peter [yens pey-tuh r] /yɛns ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1847–85, Danish novelist.
- kachinas — Plural form of kachina.
- knackers — Plural form of knacker.
- knackish — cunning or artful
- knapsack — a canvas, nylon, or leather bag for clothes, food, and other supplies, carried on the back by soldiers, hikers, etc.
- kneecaps — Plural form of kneecap.
- laciness — a lacy quality or state
- lacinias — Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lacunars — Plural form of lacunar.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- lanciers — Plural form of lancier.
- lancings — Plural form of lancing.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- longcase — A longcase clock.