8-letter words containing a, s, c, n
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- macanese — a native or inhabitant of Macao.
- macarons — Plural form of macaron.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- macmanus — Seumas [shey-muh s] /ˈʃeɪ məs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1960, Irish poet and short-story writer.
- maecenas — Gaius Cilnius [sil-nee-uh s] /ˈsɪl ni əs/ (Show IPA), c70–8 b.c, Roman statesman: friend and patron of Horace and Vergil.
- manacles — Plural form of manacle.
- manscape — A view of a group of people.
- mascagni — Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, Italian operatic composer.
- mascaron — mask (def 11).
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- mescalin — Alternative form of mescaline.
- minicabs — Plural form of minicab.
- minicars — Plural form of minicar.
- mishnaic — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- mocassin — Alternative spelling of moccasin.
- moccasin — a heelless shoe made entirely of soft leather, as deerskin, with the sole brought up and attached to a piece of u -shaped leather on top of the foot, worn originally by the American Indians.
- monarchs — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- monastic — of or relating to monasteries: a monastic library.
- munkacsy — Mihály von [mi-hahy fuh n] /ˈmɪ haɪ fən/ (Show IPA), (Michael Lieb) 1844–1900, Hungarian painter.
- muntjacs — Plural form of muntjac.
- muscadin — a person with monarchical sympathies during the French Revolution, especially from 1794 to 1796.
- musician — a person who makes music a profession, especially as a performer of music.
- nacelles — Plural form of nacelle.
- nachlass — remains (sense 4)
- nacreous — of or relating to nacre.
- narcissi — any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona.
- narcosis — a state of stupor or drowsiness.
- nascence — beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
- nascency — beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
- nausicaä — a daughter of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, who assisted the shipwrecked Odysseus after discovering him on a beach
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- netscape — 1. Netscape Navigator. 2. Netscape Communications Corporation.
- newscast — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- nmr scan — a medical examination performed with an MR scanner.
- nonacids — Plural form of nonacid.
- nonbasic — of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; the basic ingredient.
- nonclass — Not a class, or not belonging to a class.
- notecase — billfold.
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- nuisance — an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
- nut case — a deranged person; lunatic.
- ocarinas — Plural form of ocarina.
- occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.